Fs Renger 583-589 02 (P258530)

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 01196

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. 9x3x9 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. _1(u) 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ka-an-kum _na4_ {d}utu
2. _sza3 sa10 1(asz)! gu2 siki_
3. _nig2-szu_ u2-tul2-isz8-tar2 _dub-sar_
4. sza {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni
5. u3 ib-ni-{d}UTU _dumu-mesz_ a-wi-li-ia im#-hu#-ru#
6. _ki_ {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni
7. u3 ib-ni-{d}utu _dumu_ a-wi-li-a?
8. e-t,e-rum _dumu_ si? x [...]
9. _szu ba-an-ti_
10. a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam_
11. _1(u) 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
12. ka-an-ka
reverse
1. a-na na-szi ka-ni-ki-szu
2. _i3-la2-e_
3. _igi_ {d}amar-utu-mu-sza-lim _dam-gar3_ x?
4. _igi_ {d}suen-mu-ba-li2-it, _dam-gar3#?_
5. _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ ni-x-x
  blank space
6. _iti NE-NE-gar u4 5(disz)-kam_
7. _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal alan-na-an-ni nam-nun-na_
seal 1
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. sin-i-din-nam
seal 2
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _[kiszib3]_ e-t,e-rum
seal 3
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _kiszib3#_ {d}amar-utu-mu-sza-lim

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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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: fragments (2)
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Inscribed. Seal impressions. 9x3x9 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: Fs Renger (pp. 573-589), 583-589 02

    [Stol1999FsRenger] Stol, Marten. 1999. Munuscula Mesopotamica : Festschrift Für Johannes Renger, Alter Orient und Altes Testament , 267: 573–89.

  • history: BE 6/2, 101

    [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.

    (year date only)

  • collation: Wool Economy ANE, p.202-231, p. 212

    [deGraef2014wool] De Graef, Katrien. 2014. “All Wool and a Yard Wide. Wool Production and Trade in Old Babylonian Sippar.” In Wool Economy in the Ancient Near East and the Aegean. From the Beginnings of Sheep Husbandry to Institutional Textile Industry, edited by Catherine Breniquet and Cécile Michel, 202–31. Ancient Textiles Series, Vol. 17. Oxford & Philadelphia: Oxbow Books.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 01196
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-12 at 12:50:58 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 View
2022-06-27 at 09:27:25 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2022-06-13 at 09:30:39 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
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 View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“Fs Renger 583-589 02 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258530.
Fs Renger 583-589 02 artifact entry (No. P258530). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258530 (Original work published 2005)
Fs Renger 583-589 02 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258530 (Accessed: November 23, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258530},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Renger 583-589 02 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258530.
Fs Renger 583-589 02 artifact entry (No. P258530). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258530 (Original work published 2005)
Fs Renger 583-589 02 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258530 (Accessed: November 23, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {Fs {Renger} 583-589 02 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258530},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258530},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P258530
LB  - CDLI:P258530
M1  - 2025/11/23/
TI  - Fs Renger 583-589 02 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258530
ER  -
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