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OB Legal 064 (P258733)

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 01400

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 (Case tablet; division of paternal estate; seals; 4x2x16x1(le.e.) lines; 9.5x6x2.7 cm)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

envelope
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. sza _ki_ x-[...]
2'. {disz}ib-ni-[...]
3'. u3 szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi
4'. _dumu-mesz_ a-wi-il-{d}utu a-hi-szu
5'. i-zu-zu
6'. i-li-ik _e2 a-ba_
reverse
1. mi-it-ha-ri#-isz i-il-la-ku
2. wa-tar-ti _e2 a-ba_ sza i-il-li-a
3. sza bi-ri-szu-nu-ma
4. _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk u3 am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal_
5. _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
  single ruling
6. _igi_ {d}suen-na#-s,i-ir _dumu_ sig-an-[nu]-ni-tum
7. _igi_ i3-li2-e-ri-ba#-am# _ku3-dim2_
8. _igi_ be-el-szu-nu _ku3#-dim2_
9. _dumu-mesz_ [dingir-szu]-ba-ni
10. _igi_ [sin]-i-din-nam _ku3-dim2 dumu_ {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni
11. _[igi_ dingir]-szu-ib-ni-szu _ku3-dim2 dumu_ e-t,e-rum
12. _igi_ be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ i-na-pa-le-szu
13. _igi_ ARAD2-{d}marduk _dumu e2-dub-ba-a_
  single ruling
  blank space
14. _iti sig4-a u4 1(u)-kam_
15. _[mu_ am-mi]-s,a#-du#-qa2 _lugal-e [...]_
seal 1
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. ib-ni-[...]
seal 2
  illegible
seal 3
  (uninscribed)
seal 4
1. [a]-pil-{d}iszkur#
2. dumu i3-li2-ba-ni
3. ARAD {d}iszkur
seal 5
  (uninscribed)
seal 6
  (uninscribed)

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: Tablet with envelope
  • Join Information:
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Case tablet; division of paternal estate; seals; 4x2x16x1(le.e.) lines; 9.5x6x2.7 cm)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: OLA 21, 64

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

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 444

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 01400
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 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
2021-06-04 at 14:25:56 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 064 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258733.
OB Legal 064 artifact entry (No. P258733). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258733 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 064 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258733 (Accessed: April 25, 2025).
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	month = {jun 14},
	title = {OB {Legal} 064 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258733},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258733},
}


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