BE 06/1, 048 (P258641)

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 01308

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (hire 5x1x5 lines; 3.35x3.35x2.15 cm)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _iti <du6>-ku3-ga-a_
 ts: ina waraḫ tašrītim
 en: (In) the month of Tašrītum
2. _u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_
 ts: ūmum ḫamiššeret
 en: the day 15,
3. u2-s,i2
 ts: u(ṣ)ṣi
 en: he will finish.
4. _ki_ ip-qa2-tum
 ts: itti ipqatum
 en: From Ipqatum,
5. {disz}szar-rum-{d}iszkur
 ts: šarrum-adad
 en: Šarrum-adad,
6. _dumu_ tap-pi2-lu!-um
 ts: mār tappilum
 en: son of Tappilum,
reverse
1. a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam_-szu
 ts: ana išten warḫim
 en: for one month
2. i-gu-ur-szu
 ts: iguršu
 en: has hired him.
3. _igi dumu-me_ bur-{d}iszkur
 ts: maḫar māri būr-adad
 en: Before the sons of Būr-adad
4. _{lu2}simug_
 ts: nappāḫim
 en: the smith.
5. _mu_ sa-am-si!-i-lu-<na> _lugal-e_
 ts: šanat samsu-iluna šarrum
 en: The year “Samsu-iluna the king …”

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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
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  • Genre(s): Legal (hire 5x1x5 lines; 3.35x3.35x2.15 cm)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: BE 6/1, 48

    [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: Földi, diss., 71

    [Földi2009diss] Földi, Zsombor J. 2009. Phdthesis. Phdthesis.

  • history: Ribatum, p. 71

    [Földi2009Ribatum] Földi, Zsombor J. 2009. Ribatum. The Archive of a Priestess from Old Babylonian Sippar.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 01308
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-09 at 15:33:28 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-14 at 08:08:18 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Foxvog, Daniel A. Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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
2022-07-14 at 14:05:01 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Guidi, Carlo CDLI approved View
2022-01-03 at 18:22:58 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, 048 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258641.
BE 06/1, 048 artifact entry (No. P258641). (2024, July 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258641 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 048 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258641 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 9},
	title = {BE 06/1, 048 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258641},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258641},
}

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