BE 06/1, 091 (P258177)

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 00723

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract. With seal impressions in fine state of preservation. 8x2x6 UE 2 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
 en: 6 shekels of silver
2. _sa10 1(asz) gu2 siki e2_ {d}utu
 en: (is) the price for 1 talent of wool of the Šamaš temple
3. sza i-na _mu sipa ni2-tuku sze-ga_
 en: which in the year "The pious and obedient shepherd"
4. im-hu-ru-ma
 en: (Šamaš-nāṣir) had received and (then)
5. i-na _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e mu gibil egir# mu nam-a2#-gal2 {d#}marduk-ke4
 en: in the year of Ammi-ditana, the king, the new year after the year "the power of Marduk",
6. {disz}{d}iszkur-la-ma-sa3-[szu] x
 en: Adad-lama(s)sašu ...
7. u2-sza-ad-di-nu-ma
 en: collected (lit. made him hand over) and
8. a-na _e2_ {d}utu
 en: into the Šamaš temple
9. u2-sze-ri-bu
 en: brought.
reverse
1. _mu-kux(DU)_
 en: Delivered by
2. {disz}{d}utu-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ {d}suen-im-gur-an-ni
 en: Šamaš-nāṣir, son of Sîn-imgurrani;
3. nam-ha-ar-ti
 en: received by
4. {disz}ARAD-i3-li2-szu _di-ku5_
 en: Warad-ilišu, the judge.
  blank space
5. _iti diri sze-sag11-ku5 u4 3(u)-kam_
 en: The intercalary month of Addarum, the day 30
6. _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e mu gibil egir mu nam!-a2!-gal2-la_ {d}marduk
 en: (of) the year of Ammi-ditana, the king, the new year after the year "The power of Marduk".
seal 1
  (uninscribed)

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Contract. With seal impressions in fine state of preservation. 8x2x6 UE 2 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P258177

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

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 00723
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 576926
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.723

References

  • primary: BE 6/1, 91

    [Ranke1906BE6/1] Ranke, Hermann. 1906. Babylonian Legal and Business Documents from the Time of the First Dynasty of Babylon, Chiefly from Sippar. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts 6/1. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology.

  • history: JA 270, p.25-65, p. 51

    [Charpin1982marchands] Charpin, Dominique. 1982. “Marchands Du Palais et Marchands Du Temple à La Fin de La Ire Dynastie de Babylone.” Journal Asiatique 270: 25–65.

  • history: HG 3, no. 110

    [Kohler1909HG3] Kohler, Josef, and Arthur Ungnad. 1909. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band III: Übersetzte Urkunden, Erläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

  • citation: Year-names, 2, 277

    [Horsnell1999Yearnames] Horsnell, Malcolm J. A. 1999. The Year-Names of the First Dynasty of Babylon. Hamilton, Ont. : McMaster University Press.

    (citation year name)

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-14 at 09:35:57 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-14 at 07:28:04 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2020-07-06 at 09:35:12 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-08-01 at 02:38:23 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram 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

“BE 06/1, 091 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258177.
BE 06/1, 091 artifact entry (No. P258177). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258177 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 091 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258177 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {BE 06/1, 091 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258177},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258177},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/14/
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M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - BE 06/1, 091 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BE 06/1, 091 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258177.
BE 06/1, 091 artifact entry (No. P258177). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258177 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 091 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258177 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {BE 06/1, 091 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258177},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258177},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P258177
LB  - CDLI:P258177
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - BE 06/1, 091 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258177
ER  -
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