OB Legal 097 (P264416)

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 06044

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Seal impressions on all the surfaces; (Obv)14x(LoE)1x(Rev)8x(RE)2 lines)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. _a-sza3 ki-kal_ ma-la ma-s,u2-u2
2. _a-gar3_ si-la-ni-i{ki}
3. _a-sza3_ {d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi
4. _dumu_ szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi
5. _ki_ {d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi _dumu_ szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi
6. be-el _a-sza3_
7. {disz}ARAD-e2-szur-ri-tum _ugula mar-tu_
8. a-na er-re-szu-tim a-na te-ep-ti-tim
9. a-na _mu 3(disz)-kam_ u2-sze-s,i
10. _u4 buru14-sze3 a-sza3_ a-na pi2-i szu-ul-pi2-szu
11. i-sza-ad-da-du-ma
12. _1(iku) GAN2-e 1(barig) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu
13. _i3-ag2-e_
14. i-na sza-lu-usz-ti sza-at-tim
15. a-na _gu2-un_ i-ir-ru-ub
reverse
1. _sza3-ba gu2-un a-sza3_-szu
2. _1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ma-hi-ir
  single ruling
3. _igi_ x x x x x x [x] x x x
4. _igi_ ib-ni-[{d}]suen# _dumu_ im-gur-<<AN>>-{d}iszkur
5. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-[ba]-li2-it, _dumu#_ e2-dub-ba-a
  single ruling
  blank space
6. _iti sig4-a u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam_
7. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e du11-ga mah {d}utu lugal-a-ni-ta_
seal 1
1. ARAD-{d}e2-[szur-ri-tum]
2. [dumu] ib-ni-{d}marduk#
3. ARAD# [am]-mi-s,a-du-qa2#

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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  • Genre(s): Legal (Seal impressions on all the surfaces; (Obv)14x(LoE)1x(Rev)8x(RE)2 lines)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: OLA 21, 97

    [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 06044
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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 097 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P264416.
OB Legal 097 artifact entry (No. P264416). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264416 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 097 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264416 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
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	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 097 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P264416},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264416},
}

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