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

Photo

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

Measurements

-

Text

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 …”

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P258641

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 01308
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 577345
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.1308

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-09 at 15:33:28 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-14 at 08:08:18 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Foxvog, Daniel A. Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata 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 Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI Approved View
2022-01-03 at 18:22:58 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI Approved View

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: June 14, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	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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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: June 14, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 9},
	title = {BE 06/1, 048 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258641},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258641},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/9/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P258641
LB  - CDLI:P258641
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - BE 06/1, 048 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258641
ER  -
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