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BE 06/1, 039 (P258700)

Legal tablet & envelope 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 01367 & CBS 01367a

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (9x4x8 lines; 5.5x4x2.35cm (Case=10x10x1u.e.; 5.8x4.7x3.5 cm))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

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  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: and envelope up rt cor obv broken
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal (9x4x8 lines; 5.5x4x2.35cm (Case=10x10x1u.e.; 5.8x4.7x3.5 cm))
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: BE 6/1, 39

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 01367 & CBS 01367a
  • Accession No.:

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
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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 06/1, 039 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258700.
BE 06/1, 039 artifact entry (No. P258700). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258700 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 039 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258700 (Accessed: April 24, 2025).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 06/1, 039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258700},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258700},
}


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