OB Legal 086 (P259072)
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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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 01740Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Receipt for the delivery of small cattle; seals)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. _2(disz) u8 hi-a_
2. _1(gesz2) udu-nita2 hi-a_
3. _(x) zi-ga_
4. _mu-kux(DU)_
5. {disz}gi-mil-lum _sipa_
6. nam-ha-ar-ti
7. {disz}ib-ni-{d}sze-rum
reverse
broken
seal 1
illegible
obverse
1. _2(disz) u8 hi-a_
2. _1(gesz2) udu-nita2 hi-a_
3. _(x) zi-ga_
4. _mu-kux(DU)_
5. {disz}gi-mil-lum _sipa_
6. nam-ha-ar-ti
7. {disz}ib-ni-{d}sze-rum
reverse
broken
seal 1
illegible
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
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primary: OLA 21, 86
[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 01740
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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: 00.00.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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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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| 2021-06-05 at 10:52:25 | 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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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Penn Museum (577750) (577750)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.1740) (CBS.1740)
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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 086 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P259072.
OB Legal 086 artifact entry (No. P259072). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259072 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 086 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259072 (Accessed: November 1, 2025).
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