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

Photo

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

-

Text

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

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Contract for harvest labor; seals. 6x2x6 UE 3 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P258498

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 01164
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 577233
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.1164

References

  • primary: OLA 21, 46

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2021-06-03 at 09:01:06 Woestenburg, Els Transliteration Woestenburg, Els 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 Artifacts

“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: April 9, 2026).
@misc{2023OB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 046 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258498},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258498},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P258498
LB  - CDLI:P258498
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - OB Legal 046 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258498
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“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: April 9, 2026).
@misc{2023OB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 046 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258498},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258498},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P258498
LB  - CDLI:P258498
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - OB Legal 046 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258498
ER  -
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