OB Legal 031 (P257879)

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 00431

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Administrative text concerning silver for sheep for regular offering; seal. 7x1x5 UE1 lines)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. _sza3 2(u) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar udu szu-gi-na_
3. sza a-na _2(disz) udu szu-gi-na_
4. ne-me-et-ti _enku_
5. zimbir{ki}-ia-ah-ru-rum
6. sza a-na _ugula e2-mesz_ sza _e2_ {d}utu
7. in-na-ad-nu
8. ni-isz-rum _sza3 {gi}pisan_
reverse
1. a-na _nig2-ka9_-szu-nu
2. isz-sza-ak-ka-an
  single ruling
3. _giri3_ e-tel-pu _ku3-dim2_
  blank space
4. _[iti apin]-du8#-a u4 9(disz)-kam_
5. _mu_ sa-am-su-di-ta#-na _lugal-e alan-a-ni tusz#-bi asz-ti-ta_
seal 1
  (uninscribed)

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Administrative text concerning silver for sheep for regular offering; seal. 7x1x5 UE1 lines)
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  • primary: OLA 21, 31

    [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 00431
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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 031 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257879.
OB Legal 031 artifact entry (No. P257879). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257879 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 031 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257879 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
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	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 031 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257879},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257879},
}

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