BE 06/1, 041 (P258481)

Administrative 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 01147

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (hire 9x1x2 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _3(disz) dumu-me_ ri-isz-a-bi
 ts: šalāštum mārū rīš-abī
 en: Three: the sons of Rīš-abī;
2. _3(disz) dumu-me_ ma-an-nu-um-ba-lum-{d}utu
 ts: šalāštum mārū mannum-bālum-šamaš
 en: three: the sons of Mannum-bālum-šamaš
3. u3 ip-qa2-tum _dumu_ pa-ha-lu-um
 ts: u ipqatum mār paḫa(l)lum
 en: and Ipqatum son of Paḫallum;
4. _3(disz)_ {d}utu-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ i3-li2-i-te-e
 ts: šalāštum šamaš-nāṣir mār ilī-itê
 en: three: Šamaš-nāṣir, son of Ilī-itê,
5. u3 i-ni-ib-{d}utu
 ts: u inib-šamaš
 en: and Inib-šamaš;
6. _1(disz) lu2-hun-ga2_ sza {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim
 ts: ištēn agrum ša marduk-muša(l)lim
 en: one hireling of Marduk-mušallim;
7. _1(disz) lu2-hun-ga2_ i-din-{d}la-ga-ma-al
 ts: ištēn agrum i(d)din-lāgamāl
 en: one hireling, Iddin-lāgamāl,
8. sza a-di-du-um
 ts: ša adidum
 en: of Adidum.
9. _nam-u-disz_ {d}suen-na-di-in#-[szu-mi]
 ts: ištēššeret sîn-nādin-šumi
 en: The eleven (team) of Nādin-šumi
10. u3 {d}utu-na-s,ir#
 ts: u šamaš-nāṣir
 en: and Šamaš-nāṣir.
reverse
  blank space
1. _iti NE-NE-gar_ u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam#_
 ts: waraḫ abim ūmam ešrā u šalāštum
 en: The month of abum, the day 23,
2. _mu bad3_ kar-{d}utu
 ts: šanat dūr kār-šamaš
 en: the year “The walls of Kār-šamaš”.

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (hire 9x1x2 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P258481

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 01147
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 577216
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.1147

References

  • primary: BE 6/1, 41

    [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: Földi, diss., 68

    [Földi2009diss] Földi, Zsombor J. 2009. Phdthesis. Phdthesis.

  • history: Ribatum, p. 68

    [Földi2009Ribatum] Földi, Zsombor J. 2009. Ribatum. The Archive of a Priestess from Old Babylonian Sippar.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-09 at 15:33:28 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-14 at 08:08:18 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Foxvog, Daniel A. Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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
2022-07-14 at 13:47:18 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI Approved View
2022-01-03 at 18:22:58 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BE 06/1, 041 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258481.
BE 06/1, 041 artifact entry (No. P258481). (2024, July 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258481 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 041 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258481 (Accessed: August 11, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-08-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 9},
	title = {BE 06/1, 041 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258481},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258481},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BE 06/1, 041 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258481.
BE 06/1, 041 artifact entry (No. P258481). (2024, July 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258481 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 041 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258481 (Accessed: August 11, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-08-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 9},
	title = {BE 06/1, 041 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258481},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258481},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/9/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P258481
LB  - CDLI:P258481
M1  - 2026/8/11/
TI  - BE 06/1, 041 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258481
ER  -
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