OB Legal 091 (P259120)
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 01801Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Contract to cultivate a date garden and deliver dates)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. _3(barig) 2(ban2) zu2-lum# [sig5?]_
2. _1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) zu2-[lum]_
3. _szu-nigin2 2(asz) gur zu2-lum e3#-a_
4. _gu2-un {gesz}kiri6_
5. {disz}be-le-su2-nu
6. _dumu-munus_ ia-si-dingir
7. {disz}sin-be-el-ibila
8. is,-ba-at
reverse
1. _iti# gan#-gan#-e3#-a_
2. _zu2#-[lum e3]-a# i3-ag2-e_
3. a-na# [ba-aq-ri]-szu
4. {disz}be-li2-a-bi iz-za-az
5. _igi_ e-tel#-lum
6. _igi_ ri#-isz-dingir
7. _igi_ dingir-szu-ib-ni-szu
8. _igi_ nu-ur2-ah-hi-szu
left
1. _iti# [kin]-{d#}inanna
2. _mu i7_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na
obverse
1. _3(barig) 2(ban2) zu2-lum# [sig5?]_
2. _1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) zu2-[lum]_
3. _szu-nigin2 2(asz) gur zu2-lum e3#-a_
4. _gu2-un {gesz}kiri6_
5. {disz}be-le-su2-nu
6. _dumu-munus_ ia-si-dingir
7. {disz}sin-be-el-ibila
8. is,-ba-at
reverse
1. _iti# gan#-gan#-e3#-a_
2. _zu2#-[lum e3]-a# i3-ag2-e_
3. a-na# [ba-aq-ri]-szu
4. {disz}be-li2-a-bi iz-za-az
5. _igi_ e-tel#-lum
6. _igi_ ri#-isz-dingir
7. _igi_ dingir-szu-ib-ni-szu
8. _igi_ nu-ur2-ah-hi-szu
left
1. _iti# [kin]-{d#}inanna
2. _mu i7_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na
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: wioth envelope
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primary: OLA 21, 91
[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 01801
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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: Samsu-iluna.03.06.--
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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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| 2021-06-06 at 07:53:10 | 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 (577789) (577789)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.1801) (CBS.1801)
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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 091 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P259120.
OB Legal 091 artifact entry (No. P259120). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259120 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 091 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259120 (Accessed: November 4, 2025).
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