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OB Legal 063 (P258721)

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 01388

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (List of tablets concerning real estate transactions; 19x6 lines; 9.8x5.7x2.1 cm)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) dub 5(iku) GAN2 7(u) sar a-sza3 a-gar3_ bu-ra-a{ki}
2. sza ni-id-nu-sza _dumu_ {d}utu-na-s,ir isz-ta-mu
3. u3 _1(disz) dub_ szu-ur-de-szu
4. _1(disz) dub 1(iku) GAN2 PU2-me-ZU sza _a-gar3_ bu-ra-a{ki}
5. sza _ki_ i3-li2-i-din-nam {disz}{d}bu-ne2-ne2-na-s,ir
6. {disz}s,il2-li2-{d}utu {disz}dingir-szu-na-s,ir u3 dingir-szu-ba-ni
7. _dumu-mesz_ ri-isz-{d}utu isz-ta-a-mu
8. u3 _1(disz) dub_ szu-ur-de-szu
9. _1(disz) dub# 2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3_ bu-ra-a{ki}
10. [sza ...]-x zimbir{ki}-am-na-nim isz-ta-mu
11. _[n dub] n GAN2 a-sza3_ ta-pu-UD ta x x la? sza nim?
12. _[n dub n] GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3_ bu-ra-a{ki}
13. _[n dub n] GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3_ bu-ra-a{ki}
14. ($ blank space $) _[1(disz)]+2(disz)_ tup-pa-a-at szi#-ma-tim
15. ($ blank space $) _9(disz)_ tup-pa-a-at szu#-ur#-de#-e
16. _ki_ ni-id-nu-sza _dumu_ {d}utu#-na#-s,ir# _dumu# e2-dub-ba-a_
17. _[1(disz)] dub_ ap-lu-tim _a-gar3_ bu-ra-a{ki}
18. sza# il-ti-ia
19. _[1(disz)] dub#?_ sza _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3_ na-gu#-[u2]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. _[1(disz) dub n GAN2] a-sza3 a-gar3_ na#-[gu-u2]
2'. [u3 _1(disz)] dub_ szu-ur-de-szu
3'. [sza ni-id]-nu-sza _dumu_ {d}utu-na-s,ir isz-ta-mu
  blank space
4'. _iti gan-gan-e3_
5'. _mu_ a-bi-e-szu-uh _lugal-e alan-a-ni masz2 kadra_

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: lower end broken
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  • Genre(s): Legal (List of tablets concerning real estate transactions; 19x6 lines; 9.8x5.7x2.1 cm)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: OLA 21, 63

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

  • history: PBS 8/2, 250

    [Chiera1922PBS8/2] Chiera, Edward. 1922. Old Babylonian Contracts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/2. Philadelphia: University Museum.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 01388
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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 063 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258721.
OB Legal 063 artifact entry (No. P258721). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258721 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 063 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258721 (Accessed: April 24, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258721},
}

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