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BE 06/1, 007 (P258597)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 01265

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (10x2x10 UE 1 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. asz-szum _1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_
2. sza na-gu-um
3. sza ha-an-ba-tum
4. e-ri-ba-am _dumu_ ARAD-sin
5. {d}utu-illat-su2
6. sin-i-din-nam u3 na-bi-i3-li2-szu
7. u3-la i-s,a-ba-at
8. ha-an-ba-tum
9. ki-ma na-di-tim
10. di-ku-tam2 i-la-ak
11. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a
12. {d}amar-utu
reverse
1. u3 su-mu-la-el3
2. it-ma
3. _igi_ ha-li-u2-um
4. _igi_ da-mi-iq-tum
5. _dumu-me_ ha-na-bu-um
6. _igi_ ia-ah-zu-un-dingir
7. _dumu_ li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2
8. _igi_ be-le-su2-nu
9. _dumu-munus_ ARAD-sin
10. _igi_ {d}inanna-ama-mu _dub-sar_

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BE 6/1, 7

    [Ranke1906BE6/1] Ranke, Hermann. 1906. Babylonian Legal and Business Documents from the Time of the First Dynasty of Babylon, Chiefly from Sippar. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts 6/1. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 01265
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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
2022-05-31 at 13:55:42 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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Cite this Artifact
“BE 06/1, 007 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258597.
BE 06/1, 007 artifact entry (No. P258597). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258597 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 007 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258597 (Accessed: April 24, 2025).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 06/1, 007 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258597},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258597},
}


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