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OB Legal 041 (P258475)

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 01141

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 for harvest labor; seals. 7x2x5 UE 2 lines)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. _4(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. a-na _erin2 sze-sag11-ku5_
3. _ki_ sig-an-nu-ni-tum _di-ku5_
4. _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}utu
5. {disz}e-ri-ba-am-esz18-dar _dumu_ szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi
6. _szu ba-an-ti_
7. _u4 buru14-sze3_
8. _erin2 sze-sag11-ku5_ i-il-la-ak
9. u2-ul i-il-la-ak-ma
reverse
1. ki-ma s,i-im-da-at _lugal_
  single ruling
2. _igi_ {d}suen-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ sig-an-nu-ni-tum
3. _igi_ ARAD2-{d}marduk _ugula gidri_
  single ruling
  blank space
4. _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(u)-kam#_
5. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e {uruda}ki-lugal-gub i3-mah-a hur-sag i7 didli-a_
seal 1
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _{na4}kiszib3_ {d}suen-na-s,i-ir
seal 2
1. {d}pap#-sig7#-[nun]
2. nun dumu-sag {d}[...]
3. ibila nun HI [...]
4. x x [...]
5. AN [x x] na [...]
6. [...] IM [...]

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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Join Information:
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Contract for harvest labor; seals. 7x2x5 UE 2 lines)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: OLA 21, 41

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 01141
  • Accession No.:

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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 041 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258475.
OB Legal 041 artifact entry (No. P258475). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258475 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 041 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258475 (Accessed: April 26, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 041 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258475},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258475},
}

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