OB Legal 018 (P257776)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00330

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Account of objects and victuals delivered to houses of 2 PNs valued in silver; 16X3X25 UE 3 LE 1 lines.)

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  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Account of objects and victuals delivered to houses of 2 PNs valued in silver; 16X3X25 UE 3 LE 1 lines.)
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  • primary: OLA 21, 18

    [vanLerberghe1986OLA21] Van Lerberghe, Karel. 1986. Old Babylonian Legal and Administrative Texts from Philadelphia. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 21. Leuven: Peeters.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 00330
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Cite this Artifacts

“OB Legal 018 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257776.
OB Legal 018 artifact entry (No. P257776). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257776 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 018 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257776 (Accessed: February 8, 2026).
@misc{2023OB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257776},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257776},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P257776
LB  - CDLI:P257776
M1  - 2026/2/8/
TI  - OB Legal 018 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257776
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“OB Legal 018 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257776.
OB Legal 018 artifact entry (No. P257776). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257776 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 018 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257776 (Accessed: February 8, 2026).
@misc{2023OB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257776},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257776},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P257776
LB  - CDLI:P257776
M1  - 2026/2/8/
TI  - OB Legal 018 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257776
ER  - 
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