CT 45, 121 (P285807)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 078377

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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tablet
obverse
1. _1(bur3)# [GAN2 a-sza3]_
2. i-ta _a-sza3_ a-ha-am-ar-szi
3. _egir i7_ si2-la2-ku _an-ta_
4. u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ pa-ni _{gesz}tir_
5. _sag-bi i7_ si2-la2-ku
6. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma kur-ra_
7. _ki_ szar-ri-im
8. {disz}e-ri-isz-ti-{d}a-a _lukur_ {d}utu
9. _dumu-munus_ lu2-{d}iszkur-ra
10. _in-szi-in-sa10_
11. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
12. _1(u) ma-na ku3-babbar_
13. _in-na-an-la2_
  single ruling
  blank space
reverse
1. _igi_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu _ugula szu-i_
2. _igi_ ba-la-su2-li-ri-ik _ugula szu-i_
3. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim _sza13-dub-ba dumu_ {d}na-bi-um-ma-lik
4. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim _sza13-dub-ba dumu_ e2-sag-il2-ma-an-szum2
5. _igi_ a-wi-il-{d}suen _sukkal_
6. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim _sukkal_
7. _igi_ esz18-dar-dingir-szu _masz2-szu-gid2-gid2_
8. _igi_ na-bi-{d}utu _sza13-dub-ba sza3 e2-gal_
9. _igi_ gi-mil-{d}marduk _ugula simug*_
  Collation Charpin, Fs Neumann (2018) 117
10. _igi_ u2-tul2-esz18-dar _kusz7_
11. _igi_ akszak{ki}-i-din-nam _egir_
12. _igi_ lu2-{d}asal-lu2-hi _ugula dam-gar3_
13. _igi_ gi-mil-{d}marduk _di-ku5_
  rest broken

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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  • primary: CT 45, 121

    [Pinches1964CT45] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1964. Old-Babylonian Business Documents. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, Part 45. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: Fs Neumann p.99-141, p. 117-118

    [Charpin2018dons] Charpin, Dominique. 2018. “Dons Ou Ventes de Terres Par Les Rois à l’époque Paléo-Babylonienne.” In Grenzüberschreitungen. Studien Zur Kulturgeschichte Des Alten Orients. Festschrift Für Hans Neumann Zum 65. Geburtstag Am 9. Mai 2018, edited by Kristin Kleber, Georg Neumann, and Susanne Paulus, 99–141. Dubsar, Band 5. Münster: Zaphon.

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  • Museum No.: BM 078377
  • Accession No.: 1888-05-12 Bu, 0268

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-06-08 at 15:40:22 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2006-01-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CT 45, 121 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P285807.
CT 45, 121 artifact entry (No. P285807). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P285807 (Original work published 2006)
CT 45, 121 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P285807 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P285807},
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