OB Legal 079 (P258971)

Legal bulla 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 01639

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Bulla

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Tag for harvest laborers; seals; 6 lines; 4.3.1x1.8 cms)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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object bulla
obverse
1. _1(u) 4(disz) erin2 sze-sag11-ku5_
2. sza-ha-rum
3. sza tam-la-tum
reverse
  blank space
1. _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 [n]-kam_
2. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e alan masz2 gaba tab-ba_
seal 1
1. [...] U2? [...]
2. [...] x AN [...]
3. [...] AN UD? [...]

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  • Artifact type: Bulla
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: triangular, 3 holes
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Tag for harvest laborers; seals; 6 lines; 4.3.1x1.8 cms)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: OLA 21, 79

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

  • history: PBS 14, 1075

    [Legrain1925PBS14] Legrain, Léon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians from Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. Publications of the Babylonian Section 14.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 01639
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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
2021-06-05 at 08:34:46 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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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 079 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258971.
OB Legal 079 artifact entry (No. P258971). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258971 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 079 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258971 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
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	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 079 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258971},
}


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