OB Legal 058 (P258660)

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 01327

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Loan of silver to buy a slave girl, a female ox driver; seals; 9x2x7x3(u.e.)x1(le.e.) lines; 6.4x4.7x2.6 cm)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. a-na _sa10 sag-geme2 sza3-gu4_
3. _ki_ ib-na-tum _dumu_ ha-bil-we!-du
4. {disz}a-ap-pa-a _dumu_ e-t,e-rum
5. _szu ba-an-ti_
6. a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam_
7. _1(disz) sag-geme2 sza3-gu4_
8. u2-ub-ba-lam
9. _dam-gar3_-sa3 in-ne2-pu-usz-ma
10. x ru a-na BA?-di-i
11. [i]-ip#-pa-al
reverse
1. [u2-ul] u2-ub-ba-lam-ma
2. _[...]-bi i3-la2-e_
  single ruling
3. _[igi_ ...] _dumu_ {d}marduk-na-s,i-ir
4. _igi#_ [...]-ib-ni _dumu_ e-tel-pi4-{d}marduk
5. _igi_ {d}utu#?-mu-sza-lim _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}marduk
6. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, dub-sar
  blank space
7. _iti NE-NE-gar u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_
8. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e alan-a-ni szu silim-ma ab-di-di-NE-a_
seal 1
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _{na4}kiszib3_ a-ap-pa-a
seal 2
  (uninscribed)
seal 3
  (uninscribed)
seal 4
  (uninscribed)

Consult previous versions and their differences
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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  • Condition Description: rev and left edge damaged
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Loan of silver to buy a slave girl, a female ox driver; seals; 9x2x7x3(u.e.)x1(le.e.) lines; 6.4x4.7x2.6 cm)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: OLA 21, 58

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 01327
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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 058 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258660.
OB Legal 058 artifact entry (No. P258660). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258660 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 058 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258660 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258660},
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