BE 06/2, 085 (P258728)

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 01395

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (15x2x13x3(u.e.) lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3 iri{ki}_ NI-x-x-di{ki}
2. _us2-sa-DU a-sza3_ mu-ul-lu-uq-tum#
3. u3 _us2-sa-DU a-sza3_ ha-ab-ba-tum#?
4. _1(disz) sar e2 du3-a sza3 iri_ usz-x-x
5. _da e2_ su2-hu-tum
6. u3 _da e2_ a-ah-hi-sza
7. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam [...] sila dagal-la#_
8. _1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2_ da x x lu x nu x [...]
9. _4(disz) tug2-hi-a_
10. _5(disz) {tug2}bar-si-hi-a_
11. _3(disz) u8-udu-hi-a_
12. _1(disz) {na4}kinkin ad-bar_
13. _2(disz) gi pisan#? [...]_
14. _2(disz) gesz-nu2#_ [...]
15. _4(disz) {gesz}[gu-za-hi-a?_]
16. x x a ma? x [...]
17. _ha-la_ qi2-isz-tum _nu-gig#_
reverse
1. sza ri-isz-{d}utu _ad#-da#-a-ni_
2. id-di-nu-[szi]-im#
3. _igi_ sig-an-nu-ni-tum _dumu_ ip-qu2-sza
4. _igi_ pir-hu-um ra-bi-a-nu
5. _igi_ {d}suen-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ sin-ma-gir
6. _igi_ ARAD-{d}mar-tu _dumu_ {d}mar-tu-x-[...]
7. _igi_ sig-nin#-x _dumu#_ dumu-er-s,i-tim
8. _igi_ ni-di-it-tum# _dumu_ sin-ib-ni
9. _igi_ {d}marduk-na-s,ir _dumu_ dingir-ra-bi
10. _igi_ be-la-nu-um _dumu_ sin-ma-[...]
11. _igi_ ki-i-ha-bil _dumu_ i-din-dingir
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12. _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 7(disz)-kam_
13. _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e bad3 an-da sa2-a zimbir{ki} nig2-du7-e mu-un-du3-a_

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (15x2x13x3(u.e.) lines)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: BE 6/2, 85

[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.
history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 54

[Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 01395
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Samsu-iluna.16.01.07
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2021-07-14 at 20:35:34	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (577429) (577429)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.1395) (CBS.1395)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 06/2, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258728.

BE 06/2, 085 artifact entry (No. P258728). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258728 (Original work published 2005)

BE 06/2, 085 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258728 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {BE 06/2, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258728},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258728},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 06/2, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258728.

BE 06/2, 085 artifact entry (No. P258728). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258728 (Original work published 2005)

BE 06/2, 085 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258728 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {BE 06/2, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258728},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258728},
}

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DA  - 2024/6/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P258728
LB  - CDLI:P258728
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - BE 06/2, 085 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258728
ER  -