OB Legal 023 (P257805)

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 00359

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 calves consigned to a herdsman who has received silver for chopped straw for 2 months. Seal impressions. 12X2X8)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. _[5(disz)]+1(disz) amar hi-a_ {d}suen-mu-sza-lim _sanga_
2. 6(disz) {d}iszkur-mu-ba-li2-it,
3. 5(disz) ib-ni-{d}marduk _dumu_ ip-qa2-tum#
4. ($ blank space $) _1(u) 7(disz) amar hi-a lu2-kurun2-na-mesz_
5. 2(disz) i-na-pa-le-szu _dumu_ zimbir{ki}-kur-i3-li2
6. 2(disz) {d}tiszpak-ga-mil _lu2-azlag2#_
7. 2(disz) ARAD2-ku-bi _muhaldim dumu_ dumu-{d}nin-tu
8. 3(disz) szu-um-ru-us,-a-li{ki#} tap-pu-szu
9. _munu4-mu2-mesz_
10. 2(disz) e-t,e-rum _aszgab#_
11. 2(disz) x-ZA sza# ta-ri-bu-sza _lu2-szah2-szum-ma_
  single ruling
12. _3(u) amar hi-a_
  single ruling
13. _sza3 3(gesz2) 2(u) amar hi-a_
14. sza s,i-di-it zimbir{ki}-am-[na-nim]
  Stol, Marten, BSA 8 (1995) p. 203 n. 38
reverse
1. sza _na-gada_ i-na-pa-le-szu _dumu_ dingir-ki-nam-i-[de]
2. _ku3-babbar_ ki-is-sa3-at _3(u) amar hi-a_
3. sza _iti 2(disz)-kam_
4. {disz}i-na-pa-le-szu _sipa_
5. _dumu_ dingir-ki-nam-i-de
6. ma-hi-ir
  single ruling
  blank space
7. _iti ab-e3 u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam_
8. _mu#_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e ad-gi4-a gu-la_ {d}utu {d}marduk
seal 1
  illegible
seal 2
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. {d}utu-mu-usz-te-sze-er
seal 3
1. puzur4-{d}suen
2. _dumu_ gi-mil-[lum]
3. ARAD {d}suen

Consult previous versions and their differences
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 calves consigned to a herdsman who has received silver for chopped straw for 2 months. Seal impressions. 12X2X8)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: OLA 21, 23

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 00359
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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 023 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257805.
OB Legal 023 artifact entry (No. P257805). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257805 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 023 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257805 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257805},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257805},
}

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