OB Legal 047 (P258503)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 01169Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Loan of silver from the wool business of the palace to be repaid in one month; seals. 7x3x6 UE 3 lines)Language(s)
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tablet
obverse
1. _[n] gin2# ku3-babbar na4_ {d}utu
2. _[sza3] sa10 siki_ sza _e2-gal_
3. _nig2-szu_ u2-tul2-esz18-dar _dub-sar_
4. sza i-din-{d}e2-a _di-ku5_
5. im-hu-ru
6. _ki_ i-din-{d}e2-a _di-ku5_
7. {disz}ib-ni-{d}suen _zadim_
8. _dumu_ e-t,e-rum
9. _szu ba-an-ti_
10. a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam#_
reverse
1. a-na na-szi ka#-[ni-ki-szu]
2. _ku3-babbar i3-la2-[e]_
single ruling
3. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-[it,]
4. _dumu_ a-wi-il-{d}utu#
5. _[igi]_ szu#-mu-um-li-s,i# _dub-sar_
single ruling
6. _[iti] NE#-NE-gar u4 3(disz)-kam_
7. _[mu_ am-mi]-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e [sipa] sun5-na an {d}en-[lil2-bi]-da#-a-asz_
seal 1
(uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _kiszib3_ {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it,
seal 2
1. [...] NI#? UD [...]
2. [...] x x [...]
obverse
1. _[n] gin2# ku3-babbar na4_ {d}utu
2. _[sza3] sa10 siki_ sza _e2-gal_
3. _nig2-szu_ u2-tul2-esz18-dar _dub-sar_
4. sza i-din-{d}e2-a _di-ku5_
5. im-hu-ru
6. _ki_ i-din-{d}e2-a _di-ku5_
7. {disz}ib-ni-{d}suen _zadim_
8. _dumu_ e-t,e-rum
9. _szu ba-an-ti_
10. a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam#_
reverse
1. a-na na-szi ka#-[ni-ki-szu]
2. _ku3-babbar i3-la2-[e]_
single ruling
3. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-[it,]
4. _dumu_ a-wi-il-{d}utu#
5. _[igi]_ szu#-mu-um-li-s,i# _dub-sar_
single ruling
6. _[iti] NE#-NE-gar u4 3(disz)-kam_
7. _[mu_ am-mi]-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e [sipa] sun5-na an {d}en-[lil2-bi]-da#-a-asz_
seal 1
(uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _kiszib3_ {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it,
seal 2
1. [...] NI#? UD [...]
2. [...] x x [...]
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
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- Join Information:
- Seal no.:
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Legal (Loan of silver from the wool business of the palace to be repaid in one month; seals. 7x3x6 UE 3 lines)
- Language(s):
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primary: OLA 21, 47
[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 01169
- Accession No.:
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Ammi-saduqa.02.05.03
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2021-06-03 at 09:00:15 | Woestenburg, Els | Atf | Woestenburg, Els | CDLI | approved |
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| 2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô | Penn Museum | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Penn Museum (577237) (577237)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.1169) (CBS.1169)
General Notes:
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CDLI Notes:
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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 047 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258503.
OB Legal 047 artifact entry (No. P258503). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258503 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 047 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258503 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).
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