ZA 073, 058 (P258695)

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 01362

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Rental of a field; seals; 9x9 lines; 6.2x4.6x2.4 cm)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3_ zu-ha-a#
2. _ki_ la-ma-sa3-ni _lukur {d}utu_
3. _dumu-munus_ isz-me-e2-a
4. {disz}[{d}]suen#-i-din-nam _dumu_ {d}utu-illat-su2
5. [_a-sza3_]-am# a-na er-re-szu-tim
6. [a-na _gu2]-un#_ u2-sze-s,i2
7. [_u4] buru14-sze3 gu2-un a-sza3_-im
8. _2(bur3) sze gur_ i-na _{gesz}ban2 {d}utu_
9. i-na {gesz}me-sze-qum
reverse
1. i-na _ka2_ ga-gi-im{ki#}
2. _i3-ag2-e_
  single ruling
3. _igi_ a-bu-um-wa-qar _egir_ [...]
4. _igi_ {d}iszkur-na-s,i-ir [...]
5. _igi dumu_ {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2
6. _igi_ i-din-e2-a _dub-sar_
  single ruling
7. _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 1(disz)-kam_
8. _mu bad3_ i3-si-in{ki} _ki-bi-sze3 bi2#-in-gi4-a_

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Rental of a field; seals; 9x9 lines; 6.2x4.6x2.4 cm)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: ZA 073 (pp. 48-66), 058

    [Wilcke1983ZA73] Wilcke, Claus. 1983. “Nachlese Zu A. Poebels Babylonian Legal and Business Documents From the Time of the First Dynasty of Babylon Chiefly From Nippur (BE 6/2) Teil 1.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 73: 48–66.

  • history: BE 6/2, 84

    [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.

    (date only)


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  • Museum No.: CBS 01362
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-16 at 16:39:18 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
2020-07-27 at 11:06:11 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
“ZA 073, 058 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258695.
ZA 073, 058 artifact entry (No. P258695). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258695 (Original work published 2005)
ZA 073, 058 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258695 (Accessed: April 30, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {ZA 073, 058 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258695},
}

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