OB Legal 054 (P258617)

Administrative 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 01284

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt for silver for rations; seals. 4x3x2 UE 1 lines)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. _2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. _kur6_ {d}utu-ni-szu _szu-i_
3. sza puzur4-{d}utu
4. _sanga_ {d}gu-la
5. {disz}{d}marduk-mu-sza-lim
6. u3 {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it,
7. de-ku-u2
reverse
1. ma-ah-ru
  blank space
2. _iti szu-numun-a u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_
3. _mu gibil_ sza _egir nam-a2-gal-la x x_
seal 1
1. {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it,
2. _dumu_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am

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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Receipt for silver for rations; seals. 4x3x2 UE 1 lines)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: OLA 21, 54

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

  • history: BE 6/2, 99

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 01284
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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
2021-06-03 at 12:32:38 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 054 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258617.
OB Legal 054 artifact entry (No. P258617). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258617 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 054 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258617 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
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	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258617},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258617},
}


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