BE 06/1, 116 (P258604)

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 01272

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (gift 16x1x5 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) sag-geme2_ asz-tu-mu#
 ts: ištēt amtum aštumu
 en: 1 female slave (named) Aštumu;
2. _1(disz) sag-nita2 tur-ra dumu?_-sza?
 ts: ištēn wardum ṣiḫrum mārša
 en: 1 adolescent slave, her son,
3. ta-ak-la-ku-a-na-{d}marduk# [_mu]-ni_
 ts: taklāku-ana-marduk šumšu
 en: Taklāku-ana-marduk (is) his name;
4. _1(disz) sag-nita2 tur-ra_
 ts: ištēn wardum ṣiḫrum
 en: 1 adolescent slave (named)
5. sza-al-li-lu-mu-ur
 ts: šalli-lūmur
 en: Šalli-lūmur;
6. sza# ta-ri-ba-tum _ugula mar#-[tu_]
 ts: ša tarībatum wakil amurru
 en: (is all) that Tarībatum, overseer of Amurru
7. _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
 ts: mār ilšu-bāni
 en: son of Ilšu-bāni,
8. a-na {munus}i-la-as-su2-nu _dam#-a-ni_
 ts: ana ilassunu aššassu
 en: to Ilassunu his wife
9. id-di-nu
 ts: iddinu
 en: has given.
10. a-di {munus}i-la-as-su2-nu
 ts: adi ilassunu
 en: As long as Ilassunu,
11. _dam_ ta-ri-ba-tum _ugula mar-tu#_
 ts: aššat tarībatum wakil amurru
 en: the wife of Tarībatum overseer of Amurru,
12. ba-al-t,a#-at
 ts: balṭat
 en: lives,
13. _sag-geme2_ asz-tu-mu
 ts: amtam aštumu
 en: the female slave, Aštumu,
14. qa2-du ta-ak-la-ku-a-na-{d}[marduk]
 ts: qadu taklāku-ana-marduk
 en: together with Taklāku-ana-marduk
15. u3# sza-al-li-lu-mu-ur#
 ts: u šalli-lūmur
 en: and Šalli-lūmur
16. qa2#-as-sa3 u2-ka-al# [...]
 ts: qāssa ukāl
 en: she (lit. her hand) will hold
reverse
1. [...]
 ts: ...
 en: ...
2. [...] ri-sza sza [...] x [...]
 ts: ...
 en: ...
3. [...] x i-na-ad x [...]
 ts: ...
 en: ...
4. [...] x x sza x bi? [...]
 ts: ...
 en: ...
5. [i-na _dumu-mesz-sza a-na sza e]-li-sza t,a3-bu
 ts: ina mārīša ana ša eliša ṭābu
 en: from among her sons, to the one she pleases
6. [i-na-ad-di-in ah]-hi#-sza u2-ul i-ba#-aq-qa2-ru-szi
 ts: inaddin aḫḫīša ul ibaqqarūši
 en: she will give (and) her brothers will not contest her.
7. [a-na] ri-ik-sa-ti-szu an-ni-a-at x la e-ne-e-[em]
 ts: ana riksātišu anniat la enêm
 en: (That) he will not change this contract of him,
8. [_mu] {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
 ts: niš šamaš aya marduk
 en: by the name of Šamaš, Aya, Marduk9. u3 sa-am-su2-di-ta-na _lugal-e in-pa3_
9. u3 sa-am-su2-di-ta-na _lugal-e in-pa3_
 ts: u samsu-ditana šarrum itma
 en: and Samsu-ditana the king, he swore.
  single ruling
10. _igi_ {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2 ra-bi si-ik-ka3#-tum
 ts: maḫar adad-manšum rabî sikkatum
 en: Before Adad-manšum, military officer;
11. _igi_ i-din-isz8-tar2 _di-ku5_
 ts: maḫar i(d)din-ištar dayyānum
 en: before Iddin-ištar, judge;
12. _igi_ {d}utu-ba-ni _di-ku5_
 ts: maḫar šamaš-bāni dayyānum
 en: before Šamaš-bāni, judge;
13. _igi_ a-wi-il-{d}utu _di-ku5_
 ts: maḫar awil-šamaš dayyānum
 en: before Awil-šamaš, judge;
14. _igi_ mu-ha-ad-du-um _masz2-szu-gid2-[gid2_]
 ts: maḫar muḫaddûm bārûm
 en: before Muḫaddûm, diviner;
15. _igi_ sza!(al)-al-lu-rum _dumu e2-dub-ba-a_
 ts: maḫar šallurum mār bīt ṭuppi
 en: before Šallurum, the scribe.
  single ruling
  blank space
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1. _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 [n-kam_]
 ts: waraḫ addarim ūmam n
 en: The month of Addarum, the day n,
2. _mu_ sa-am-su-di-ta-na _lugal#-[e_] {d}na-bi-um _en gal#-[di] alan-a-ni giri3-a an-dib#-[ba-a] e2-sag-il2-la-sze3 in#-[ni-ku4-ra_]
 ts: šattum ša samsu-ditana šarrum ana nabium bēlim tizqarim ṣalamšu urḫam ṣābitam ana esagila usēribu
 en: the year in which Samsu-ditana the king for Nabu, the august ruler, brought into Esagil a statue of himself marching.
  blank space
seal 1
1. [x?] x [...]
 ts: ...
 en: ...
2. dumu {d}utu-na-[...]
 ts: mār šamaš-na...
 en: son of Šamaš-na...
3. ARAD sa-am-su-di-[ta-na]
 ts: warad samsu-ditana
 en: servant of Samsu-ditana
seal 2
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BE 6/1, 116

    [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.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 50-51

    [Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 01272
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-04-25 at 15:59:21 Senior, Andrew Atf Senior, Andrew Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 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
2022-06-01 at 13:54:37 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Guidi, Carlo CDLI approved View
2022-06-01 at 13:53:34 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Guidi, Carlo CDLI approved View
2021-07-14 at 20:35:34 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. 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, 116 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258604.
BE 06/1, 116 artifact entry (No. P258604). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258604 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 116 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258604 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {BE 06/1, 116 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258604},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258604},
}


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