OB Legal 084 (P259026)

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 01694

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Declaration or letter concerning barley for collection and silver taken by force; 12x11 lines; 6.5x6.5x2.5 cms)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(u)# 2(asz) sze gur gu2-un 1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_
2. sza {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am _gal-ukken-na_
3. _1(bur3) 2(iku) GAN2 gu2-un hi-a nu-{gesz}kiri6-mesz_
4. u3 _lu2-mesz_ er-re-szi a-hi-e ma-la il-li-ku-u2
5. _3(u) 6(asz) sze gur_ sza a-na {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni
6. i-na pa-ni _enku_ x-ru-BI ad-di-nu-szum-ma
7. la id-di-nam
8. _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar {d}utu#-illat-su2 _lu2-lunga_
9. i-na e-mu-qi2-im i-na# qa2-ti x-[...]
10. il-qu2-u2 isz-tu a?-[...]
11. ma-har be-li2-ia [...]
12. x x x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

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
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: upper end, rev destroyed
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Declaration or letter concerning barley for collection and silver taken by force; 12x11 lines; 6.5x6.5x2.5 cms)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: OLA 21, 84

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

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  • Museum No.: CBS 01694
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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 084 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P259026.
OB Legal 084 artifact entry (No. P259026). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259026 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 084 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259026 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 084 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259026},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259026},
}

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