BIN 07, 069 (P298423)

Legal tablet excavated in Isin (mod. Bahriyat), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 06512

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Isin (mod. Bahriyat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

82.0 mm × 58.0 mm × 29.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) 2/3(disz)? sar e2 du3-a
2. da e2 ARAD2-{d}da-mu bahar2
3. {disz}ARAD2-er3!(ARAD2)-ra dumu ba-za-a-a
4. u3 {d}suen-i-din-na-szu dumu ig-mi-il-{d}suen
5. {d}da-mi-iq-i3-li2-szu lugal-e
6. {disz}s,i-li2-{d}iszkur nar-igi-lugal
7. dumu be-li2-a-sza-re-ed-ra
8. in-na-an-szum2
9. 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
10. sa10-am3 til-la-bi-sze3
11. in-na-la2
12. kiszib er3-ra-an-dul3 sukkal
13. [igi] i-ku-un-puzur4-gal-x-x
14. [igi] {d}en-ki-he2-gal2 [...]
15. [...] il#? x [...]
rest broken
reverse
(copy indicates no lines missing here)
1. iti bara2#-za3-gar
2. mu {d}da#-mi#-iq-i3-li2-szu lugal-e erisz-dingir [{d}]da#-mu ba-hun-ga2
(faint seal impressions)

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

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 82.0 high × 58.0 wide × 29.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BIN 7, 69

[Alexander1943BIN7] Alexander, John B. 1943. Early Babylonian Letters and Economic Texts. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University 7. New Haven: Yale University Press.
history: Fs Neumann p.99-141, p. 110-111

[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.
history: JCS 03 (pp. 1-209), p. 111f

[Kraus1951JCS3] Kraus, Fritz R. 1951. “Nippur Und Isin Nach Altbabylonischen Rechtsurkunden.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 3: 1–209.
history: RA 076 (pp. 97-117), 107 (coll. date)

[Lieberman1982RA76] Lieberman, Stephen J. 1982. “The Years of Damiqilishu, King of Isin.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 76 (2): 97–117. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23282471.
citation: CBCY 2, p. 41, NBC 6512

[Beckman1995CBCY2] Beckman, Gary. 1995. Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 2. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NBC 06512
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Isin (mod. Bahriyat) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Damiq-ilišu.A.01.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-10 at 15:37:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-28 at 12:23:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-28 at 12:22:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-07 at 11:23:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2022-02-27 at 17:45:38	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2017-12-21 at 06:40:18	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-009496) (BC-009496)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.6512) (NBC.6512)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BIN 07, 069 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P298423.

BIN 07, 069 artifact entry (No. P298423). (2024, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P298423 (Original work published 2006)

BIN 07, 069 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P298423 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).

@misc{2024BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {BIN 07, 069 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P298423},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P298423},
}

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DA  - 2024/9/10/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P298423
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - BIN 07, 069 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BIN 07, 069 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P298423.

BIN 07, 069 artifact entry (No. P298423). (2024, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P298423 (Original work published 2006)

BIN 07, 069 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P298423 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).

@misc{2024BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {BIN 07, 069 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P298423},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P298423},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/10/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P298423
LB  - CDLI:P298423
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - BIN 07, 069 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P298423
ER  -