OB Legal 046 (P258498)

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 01164

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. 6x2x6 UE 3 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. a-na _sze-sag11-ku5_
3. _ki_ ip-qu2-an-nu-ni-tum
4. _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}utu
5. {disz}e-t,e-rum _dumu_ {d}suen-GAN?-x
6. _szu ba-an-ti_
7. _u4 buru14-sze3_
8. _erin2 sze-sag11-ku5_ i-il-la-ak
reverse
1. u2-ul i-il-la-ak-ma#
2. ki-ma s,i-im-da-at _lugal_
  single ruling
3. _igi#_ {d}utu-ba-ni _dumu_ {d}suen-na-s,i-ir
4. _igi#_ szu-mu-um-li-s,i#
5. _dumu e2-dub-ba-a_
  single ruling
6. _iti udru{duru5} u4 1(disz)-kam_
7. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e asz-me i3-mah-a szu-nir-ra utu-gin7 dalla#?_
seal 1
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _[kiszib3_ x (x)] x [...]
seal 2
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _kiszib3#_ e-t,e-rum

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Contract for harvest labor; seals. 6x2x6 UE 3 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: OLA 21, 46

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

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  • Museum No.: CBS 01164
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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 046 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258498.
OB Legal 046 artifact entry (No. P258498). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258498 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 046 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258498 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
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	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 046 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258498},
}

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