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OB Legal 050 (P258551)

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 01219

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Receipt for payment of the ilku obligation for 6 months)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. _6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. i-li-ik _ugula gidri_-tim
3. sza tam-la-tum _sanga_ {d}inanna kisz{ki}
4. sza isz-tu _iti NE#-NE-gar u4 1(disz)-kam#_
5. a-di _iti ab-e3# u4 3(u)-kam_
6. _mu-kux(DU)_
7. {disz}tam-la-tum _sanga_ {d}inanna kisz{ki#}
reverse
1. nam-ha-ar-ti
2. {disz}{d}utu-ga-mil _dumu_ ip-qu2-{d#}[...]
3. _erin2_ de-ku-u2#
  single ruling
  blank space
4. _iti ab-e3 u4 3(u)-[kam]_
5. _[mu_ am]-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-[e] [{uruda}]ki-lugal-gub i3-mah#-[a hur]-sag didli-a i7-da i3-[me-esz-a-bi]_
seal 1
  illegible

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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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: fragments (several)
  • Join Information:
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Receipt for payment of the ilku obligation for 6 months)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: OLA 21, 50

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 01219
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2021-06-03 at 10:08:27 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els 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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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 050 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258551.
OB Legal 050 artifact entry (No. P258551). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258551 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 050 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258551 (Accessed: April 24, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 050 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258551},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258551},
}


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