BE 06/2, 120 (P258504)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 01170

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Inscribed. Seal impressions. 8x6 UE 5 lines)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Inscribed. Seal impressions. 8x6 UE 5 lines)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	Az 4/I/-
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P258504
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P258504

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment

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 01170
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	577238
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.1170

References

primary: BE 6/2, 120

[Poebel1909BE6/2] Poebel, Arno. 1909. Babylonian Legal and Business Documents from the Time of the First Dynasty of Babylon, Chiefly from Nippur. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts 6/2. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology.
history: BiMes 5, p. 14

[Yoffee1977crown] Yoffee, Norman. 1977. The Economic Role of the Crown in the Old Babylonian Period. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 5. Malibu: Undena.

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
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BE 06/2, 120 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258504.

BE 06/2, 120 artifact entry (No. P258504). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258504 (Original work published 2005)

BE 06/2, 120 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258504 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 06/2, 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258504},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258504},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P258504
LB  - CDLI:P258504
M1  - 2026/10/10/
TI  - BE 06/2, 120 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258504
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BE 06/2, 120 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258504.

BE 06/2, 120 artifact entry (No. P258504). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258504 (Original work published 2005)

BE 06/2, 120 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258504 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 06/2, 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258504},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258504},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P258504
LB  - CDLI:P258504
M1  - 2026/10/10/
TI  - BE 06/2, 120 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258504
ER  -