OB Legal 028 (P257856)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 00408Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Account of expenditure of strings. 7X4 lines)Language(s)
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tablet
obverse
1-2. 1(u) bi-ri-ih-hu _ki 1(disz)_
3. 5(disz) bi-ri-ih-hu _ki 2(disz)_
4. _giri3_ ma-an-nu-ra-bi-a-wi-lim
6. 6(disz) bi-ri-ih-hu
7. _giri3_ gi-mil-lum
8. a-hi pir-hi-{d}mar-tu
single ruling
reverse
1. 2(u) bi-ri-ih-hu
2. _zi-ga_
blank space
3. _iti apin-du8-a u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam_
4. _mu alan-a-ni masz2 gaba tab-ba_
obverse
1-2. 1(u) bi-ri-ih-hu _ki 1(disz)_
3. 5(disz) bi-ri-ih-hu _ki 2(disz)_
4. _giri3_ ma-an-nu-ra-bi-a-wi-lim
6. 6(disz) bi-ri-ih-hu
7. _giri3_ gi-mil-lum
8. a-hi pir-hi-{d}mar-tu
single ruling
reverse
1. 2(u) bi-ri-ih-hu
2. _zi-ga_
blank space
3. _iti apin-du8-a u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam_
4. _mu alan-a-ni masz2 gaba tab-ba_
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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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Legal (Account of expenditure of strings. 7X4 lines)
- Language(s):
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primary: OLA 21, 28
[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 00408
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- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Ammi-saduqa.12.08.23
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-08-03 at 19:01:38 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Atf | Senior, Andrew | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2021-06-02 at 10:23:24 | Woestenburg, Els | Atf | Woestenburg, Els | CDLI | approved |
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| 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 |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Penn Museum (453830) (453830)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.408) (CBS.408)
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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 028 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257856.
OB Legal 028 artifact entry (No. P257856). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257856 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 028 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257856 (Accessed: November 5, 2025).
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