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Rochester 245 (P274657)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA

Museum Number

MAG 70.116

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _6(asz) sze gur_ a-na _zi3-da_
2. _ki_ ta-ba-tum _dumu-munus_ {d}szakkan2-a-bi
3. {disz}mu-na-wi-ir-tum
4. _dumu-munus_ da-am-qi2
5. _szu ba-an-ti_
reverse
1. _u4 buru14#-sze3_
2. _zi3-da i3-ag2-e_
single ruling
3. _igi_ {d}inanna
4. _igi_ x-[...] x x
blank space
5. _iti du6-ku3 u4 4(disz)-kam_
6. _mu {gesz}szu-nir-ra_

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Collections

Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Rochester, 245

[Sigrist1991Rochester] Sigrist, Marcel. 1991. Documents from Tablet Collections in Rochester, New York. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: MAG 70.116
Accession No.: UR 561; 1970.116

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

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

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2021-05-22 at 10:24:01	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2005-09-13 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“Rochester 245 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 13, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P274657.

Rochester 245 artifact entry (No. P274657). (2005, September 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P274657

Rochester 245 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P274657 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

@misc{2005Rochester,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2005},
	month = {sep 13},
	title = {Rochester 245 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P274657},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P274657},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2005/9/13/
PY  - 2005
ID  - P274657
LB  - CDLI:P274657
M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - Rochester 245 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P274657
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Rochester 245 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 13, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P274657.

Rochester 245 artifact entry (No. P274657). (2005, September 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P274657

Rochester 245 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P274657 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

@misc{2005Rochester,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2005},
	month = {sep 13},
	title = {Rochester 245 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P274657},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P274657},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2005/9/13/
PY  - 2005
ID  - P274657
LB  - CDLI:P274657
M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - Rochester 245 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P274657
ER  -