BE 06/1, 072 (P258484)

Receipt 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 01150

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative > Receipt (receipt Seal impressions.)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ka-an-kum
 ts: šinip šiqil kaspim kankum
 en: A sealed document for 2/3 of shekel of silver,
2. _sza3 ku3-babbar su-si-ig_
 ts: ina libbi kasap šusik
 en: from the silver of the fellmonger
3. zimbir{ki} u3 na-we-e-szu
 ts: Sipparim u nawêšu
 en: of Sippar and its pasture land,
4. sza _mu_ a-bi-e-szu-uh _lugal-e_
 ts: ša šanat abi-ešuḫ šarrum
 en: for the year “abi-ešuḫ the king
5. _i7 zubi_ a-bi-e-szu-uh
 ts: zā’ibam abi-ešuḫ
 en: the canal (named) 'abi-ešuḫ'
6. _mi-ni-in-dun-na_
 ts: iḫri
 en: dug”.
7. _mu-kux(DU)_ e-t,e-rum
 ts: šūrubtim eṭerum
 en: Delivered by Eṭerum
8. _dumu#_ ARAD-{d}suen
 ts: mār warad-sîn
 en: son of Warad-sîn,
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1. nam-ha-ar-ti
 ts: namḫarti
 en: received by
2. {disz}{d}marduk-na-s,i-ir
 ts: marduk-nāṣir
 en: Marduk-nāṣir
3. u3 {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it,
 ts: u marduk-muba(l)liṭ
 en: and Marduk-muballiṭ
4. de-ki-i sza na-ka-rum _szu-i_
 ts: dēkī ša nakarum gallābim
 en: the summoners (under the responsability) of Nakarum the barber.
  single ruling
5. _iti gu4-si-<sa2> u4 1(u)-kam_
 ts: waraḫ ayyarim ūmam ešret
 en: The month of Ayyarum, the day 10,
6. _mu a-bi-e-szu-uh lugal-e bar2-bar2 ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar-bi-da-ke4_
 ts: šanat abi-ešuḫ šarrum parakkī ša ḫurāṣim u kaspim
 en: the year "Abi-ešuḫ the king (made) daises of gold and silver".

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BE 6/1, 72

    [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.

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 06/1, 072 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258484.
BE 06/1, 072 artifact entry (No. P258484). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258484 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 072 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258484 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 06/1, 072 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258484},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258484},
}

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