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OB Legal 101 (P262074)

Letter 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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07020

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; (Obv)4 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _iti gar-NE-NE-bi_
2. _u4# 2(u)-kam_
3. _1(disz) am-tum SA6?
4. _giri3_ ma-ad-du-mu-uq-sza
reverse
blank

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: rev. destroyed
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter (Letter; (Obv)4 lines)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: OLA 21, 101

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 07020
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2021-06-06 at 09:44:00	Woestenburg, Els	Transliteration	Woestenburg, Els		CDLI	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (581702) (581702)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.7020) (CBS.7020)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“OB Legal 101 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262074.

OB Legal 101 artifact entry (No. P262074). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262074 (Original work published 2005)

OB Legal 101 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262074 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

@misc{2023OB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 101 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262074},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262074},
}

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TI  - OB Legal 101 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“OB Legal 101 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262074.

OB Legal 101 artifact entry (No. P262074). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262074 (Original work published 2005)

OB Legal 101 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262074 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

@misc{2023OB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 101 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262074},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262074},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P262074
LB  - CDLI:P262074
M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - OB Legal 101 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P262074
ER  -