OB Legal 036 (P257916)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00467

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Loan of silver to buy wool to be repaid in 1 month. Seal impressions. 8x2 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _6(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. a-na _sa10 siki_
3. _ki_ i3-li2-u2-sa-ti
4. _dumu_ ma-an-nu-um-ki-ma-dingir
6. {disz#}ha-bil-ki-nu-um
7. _dumu_ be-li2-lu-da-ri
8. _[szu] ba-an-ti_
9. [a-na] _iti 1(disz)-kam_
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. _[iti ... u4 n]+8(disz)-kam_
2'. _[mu_ a-bi-e-szu-uh] _lugal-e nim-gir2-nim-gir2-a ku3-sig17-ga-ke4_
seal 1
1. [ha]-bil-[ki-nu-um]
2. [dumu] be-li2-lu-da-[ri]
3. ARAD {d}[...]

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Loan of silver to buy wool to be repaid in 1 month. Seal impressions. 8x2 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P257916

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
most of rev. destroyed

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 00467
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 453889
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.467

References

  • primary: OLA 21, 36

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-06-02 at 13:09:07 Woestenburg, Els Transliteration Woestenburg, Els CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“OB Legal 036 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257916.
OB Legal 036 artifact entry (No. P257916). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257916 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 036 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257916 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 036 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257916},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257916},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P257916
LB  - CDLI:P257916
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - OB Legal 036 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257916
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OB Legal 036 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257916.
OB Legal 036 artifact entry (No. P257916). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257916 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 036 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257916 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
@misc{2023OB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 036 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257916},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257916},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P257916
LB  - CDLI:P257916
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - OB Legal 036 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257916
ER  -
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