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OB Legal 020 (P257787)

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 00341

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 expenditures of barley, valued in beer or pihu for offerings for Kassite kings and personnel; 20X22)

Language(s)

-

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tablet
obverse
1. _4(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze {gesz}ba#-ri2#-ga_ {d}marduk sza _zi#-ga_
2. szi-i-iq me-sze-qi2-im ra-aq-qi2-im
3. _sa10 1(u) 1(disz) kasz dida pihux(|KA.GAG|) 2(ban2)-ta_
4. _kasz dida pihux(|KA.GAG|) 1(disz)-e 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze_
  single ruling
5. _2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze sa10 4(ban2) kasz_
6. _sa2-du11_ ti-ig-gi-il _lugal erin2_ ka-asz-szi-i
7. _1(asz) sze gur sa10 1(u) 2(disz) kasz dida pihux(|KA.GAG|)
8. u3 i-szi-ik-ni-ID _lugal erin2_ ka-asz-szi-i
  single ruling
9. _5(ban2) sa10 2(disz) kasz dida pihux(|KA.GAG|)_
10. _2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sa10 4(ban2) kasz_
  single ruling
11. a-na _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri-szu-nu
  single ruling
12. _2(barig) 3(ban2) sa10 6(disz) kasz dida pihux(|KA.GAG|)_
13. a-na zi-ik-ru-rum u3 tap-pe2-e-szu
14. sza it-ti ta-ha-am-di-ID sza tu-ur-gu-ma-nim a-na qa2-be2-e-szu il-li-ku
15. _5(ban2) sze sa10 2(disz) kasz dida pihux(|KA.GAG|)_
16. a-na szi-iz-tu-nu-ha-am u3 tap-pe2-szu-nu
17. _2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sa10 1(disz) kasz dida pihux(|KA.GAG|)_
18. a-na mar-ha-an-du u3 tap-pe2-szu sza [...]
19. _2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sa10 1(disz) kasz# [dida pihux(|KA.GAG|)]_
20. a-na mar-ma-at-[...]
reverse
1. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sa10# [n kasz dida pihux(|KA.GAG|)]_
2. a-na mu-x-[...]
  single ruling
3. ($ blank space $) _3(asz) 5(ban2) sze gur {gesz}ba-ri2-ga_ {d}marduk
4. ($ blank space $) szi-i-iq me-sze-qi2-im ra-aq-qi2-im
5. ($ blank space $) _sa10 3(u) 6(disz) kasz dida pihux(|KA.GAG|) 2(ban2)_
6. ($ blank space $) _kasz dida pihux(|KA.GAG|) 1(disz)-e 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze_
7. ($ blank space $) u3 1(barig) 2(ban2) kasz 1/2(disz)-e 6(disz) sila3 1(u) 5(disz) x_
8. sza a-na _sa2-du11_ ti-ig-gi-il u3 i-szi-ik-ni-ID
9. _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri-szu-nu u3 ra-ab-bu tar-ba-s,i2 in-na-ad-nu
  single ruling
10. _zi-ga sza3 sze_-e sza it-ti _3(u) kur6 erin2_ ka-asz-szi-i
11. sza a-na kar-{d}utu{ki} i-il-la-ku-nim
12. a-na _zi3-munu4_ szu-te-er-si-im a-na _lu2-kurun2-na-mesz_
13. sza zimbir{ki}-am-na-nu-um in-na-ad-nu
14. _nig2-szu_ e-tel-pi4-{d}marduk be-la-nu-um ku-ub-bu-tum u3 _sza3-tam-mesz_
  single ruling
15. _giri3_ ARAD2-{d}na-bi-um _sukkal-mah#_
16. {disz}ARAD2-{d}na-bi-um _dub-sar erin2 ka2# e2-gal_
17. {disz}a-li2-ta-li-mi _dub-sar erin2_
18. {disz}si2-na-tum _dumu e2-dub-ba-a_ sza mu-na-ab-ti
19. {disz}ri-isz-{d}marduk sza _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri
20. u3 _ra-gaba-mesz_
21. _iti apin-du8-a u4 2(u)-kam_
22. _mu us2-sa us2-sa-a-bi a2-ag2-ga2 {d}en-lil2-la2_
seal 1
1. [a]-wi-il-{d}na-[bi-um]
2. dub#?-[sar?]
3. dumu# {d}iszkur-i-din-[nam]
4. ARAD# {d}na-bi-um
seal 2
1. a#-li2-ta-li#-[mi]
2. dumu# ARAD2-er-[s,e-tim]
3. ARAD# sa-am-su-i#-[lu-na]
seal 3
1. [x] AN x NI [...]
2. [dumu] ZA lu hu x [...]
3. [ARAD] {d}[na]-bi-um#
seal 4
1. [a]-wi#-il-{d}na#-[bi-um]
2. [dub-sar]
3. dumu# [...]
4. ARAD# sa-am-su-[i-lu-na]
seal 5
1. ib-ni-{d}marduk#
2. ARAD [...]
3. u3 [...]

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Account of expenditures of barley, valued in beer or pihu for offerings for Kassite kings and personnel; 20X22)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: OLA 21, 20

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 00341
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-06-06 at 15:38:36 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 020 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257787.
OB Legal 020 artifact entry (No. P257787). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257787 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 020 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257787 (Accessed: April 26, 2025).
@misc{2023OB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 020 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257787},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257787},
}


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