BE 06/1, 090 (P258726)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 01393Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (rent seals; 11x1x8x2(u.e.) lines)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. _1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a#-sza3# a#-gar3#_ t,a-bu-um#
ts: ištēn būr ištēn ebel eqlum ina ugārim ṭābum
en: A field of 4 eblu in the meadow "Good"
2. _a-[sza3]_ me#-el-la-tum _lukur_ {d}utu
ts: eqel mellatum nadīt šamaš
en: (is) the field of Mellatum, nadītu of Šamaš
3. _dumu#-munus_ ip-qu2-sza
ts: mārat ipquša
en: daughter of Ipquša;
4. _ki#_ me-el-la-tum _lukur_ {d}utu
ts: itti mellatum nadīt šamaš
en: from Mellatum nadītu of Šamaš
5. be-el-ti _a-sza3_
ts: bēlti eqlim
en: the owner of the field,
6. {disz}{d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, _dub-sar_
ts: marduk-muba(l)liṭ ṭupšarrum
en: Marduk-muballiṭ the scribe
7. a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na _gu2-un_
ts: ana errēšūtim ana biltim
en: for tenancy, at the rent
8. a-na _1(bur3) GAN2 6(asz) sze gur ib2-ta-e3_
ts: ana ištēn būrim šeššet kur îm ušēṣi
en: of 6 kor of barley on 1 būrum, has rented.
9. _u4 buru14-sze3 6(asz) sze gur_ i-na _ka2 ga2-gi4-a_
ts: ina ūm ebūrim šeššet kur âm ina bāb gagîm
en: At harvest time, 6 kor of barley, at the gate of the cloister
10. _i3-ag2-e_
ts: imaddad
en: he will pay (lit. measure out).
11. _sza3-ba gu2-un a-sza3-sza_
ts: ina libbi biltim eqlīša
en: Out of the rent of her field
12. _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-ah-ra-at#
ts: ištēn šiqil kaspam maḫrat
en: 1 shekel of silver she has received.
reverse
1. _igi_ {d}suen-re-me-ni _lu2_ i#-ri#-ib# _[e2]_
ts: maḫar sîn-rēmēni ērib bīti
en: Before Sîn-rēmēni, official of the temple;
2. _igi_ ip-qu2-{d}na-bi-um _i3-du8 ka2 ga2-gi4-a_
ts: maḫar ipqu-nabium atûm bāb gagîm
en: before Ipqu-nabium, doorkeeper at the gate of the cloister;
3. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, _i3-du8_
ts: maḫar marduk-muba(l)liṭ atûm
en: before Marduk-muballiṭ, doorkeeper;
4. _igi_ i-ba-asz-szi-AN _i3-du8_
ts: maḫar ibašši-ilum atûm
en: before Ibašši-ilum, doorkeeper;
single ruling
5. _giri3_ {d}iszkur-mu-sza-lim _szu-i_
ts: šēp adad-muša(l)lim gallābum
en: under the responsability of Adad-mušallim, the barber.
6. _iti ab-e3 u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam_
ts: waraḫ ṭebētim ūmam šeššeret
en: The month of Ṭebētum, the 16th day
7. _mu am-mi-di-ta-na lugal-e en ib2 gu-la ki-ag2 {d}utu [...] ur5#-ra ma-da-an-ni# ab-ak-ak x [...]_
ts: šanat ammi-ditana šarrum bēlum rabûm narām šamaš ... ḫubullī ša mātušu īpušu
en: the year "Ammi-ditana the king, the great ruler beloved of Šamaš, (remitted) the debts which his country had incurred".
obverse
1. _1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a#-sza3# a#-gar3#_ t,a-bu-um#
ts: ištēn būr ištēn ebel eqlum ina ugārim ṭābum
en: A field of 4 eblu in the meadow "Good"
2. _a-[sza3]_ me#-el-la-tum _lukur_ {d}utu
ts: eqel mellatum nadīt šamaš
en: (is) the field of Mellatum, nadītu of Šamaš
3. _dumu#-munus_ ip-qu2-sza
ts: mārat ipquša
en: daughter of Ipquša;
4. _ki#_ me-el-la-tum _lukur_ {d}utu
ts: itti mellatum nadīt šamaš
en: from Mellatum nadītu of Šamaš
5. be-el-ti _a-sza3_
ts: bēlti eqlim
en: the owner of the field,
6. {disz}{d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, _dub-sar_
ts: marduk-muba(l)liṭ ṭupšarrum
en: Marduk-muballiṭ the scribe
7. a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na _gu2-un_
ts: ana errēšūtim ana biltim
en: for tenancy, at the rent
8. a-na _1(bur3) GAN2 6(asz) sze gur ib2-ta-e3_
ts: ana ištēn būrim šeššet kur îm ušēṣi
en: of 6 kor of barley on 1 būrum, has rented.
9. _u4 buru14-sze3 6(asz) sze gur_ i-na _ka2 ga2-gi4-a_
ts: ina ūm ebūrim šeššet kur âm ina bāb gagîm
en: At harvest time, 6 kor of barley, at the gate of the cloister
10. _i3-ag2-e_
ts: imaddad
en: he will pay (lit. measure out).
11. _sza3-ba gu2-un a-sza3-sza_
ts: ina libbi biltim eqlīša
en: Out of the rent of her field
12. _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-ah-ra-at#
ts: ištēn šiqil kaspam maḫrat
en: 1 shekel of silver she has received.
reverse
1. _igi_ {d}suen-re-me-ni _lu2_ i#-ri#-ib# _[e2]_
ts: maḫar sîn-rēmēni ērib bīti
en: Before Sîn-rēmēni, official of the temple;
2. _igi_ ip-qu2-{d}na-bi-um _i3-du8 ka2 ga2-gi4-a_
ts: maḫar ipqu-nabium atûm bāb gagîm
en: before Ipqu-nabium, doorkeeper at the gate of the cloister;
3. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, _i3-du8_
ts: maḫar marduk-muba(l)liṭ atûm
en: before Marduk-muballiṭ, doorkeeper;
4. _igi_ i-ba-asz-szi-AN _i3-du8_
ts: maḫar ibašši-ilum atûm
en: before Ibašši-ilum, doorkeeper;
single ruling
5. _giri3_ {d}iszkur-mu-sza-lim _szu-i_
ts: šēp adad-muša(l)lim gallābum
en: under the responsability of Adad-mušallim, the barber.
6. _iti ab-e3 u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam_
ts: waraḫ ṭebētim ūmam šeššeret
en: The month of Ṭebētum, the 16th day
7. _mu am-mi-di-ta-na lugal-e en ib2 gu-la ki-ag2 {d}utu [...] ur5#-ra ma-da-an-ni# ab-ak-ak x [...]_
ts: šanat ammi-ditana šarrum bēlum rabûm narām šamaš ... ḫubullī ša mātušu īpušu
en: the year "Ammi-ditana the king, the great ruler beloved of Šamaš, (remitted) the debts which his country had incurred".
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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primary: BE 6/1, 90
[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 01393
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- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Ammi-ditana.21.10.20
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| 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 |
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| 2022-04-01 at 14:37:08 | Lafont, Bertrand | Atf | Guidi, Carlo | CDLI | approved |
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| 2022-04-01 at 14:36:18 | Lafont, Bertrand | Atf | Guidi, Carlo | CDLI | approved |
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| 2021-02-16 at 06:41:42 | Woestenburg, Els | Atf | Woestenburg, Els | CDLI | approved |
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| 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 |
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