CT 04, pl. 49, Bu 1888-05-12, 0721 (P355869)

Legal tablet & envelope 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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 092586 & BM 092586A

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) 1/2(disz) sar e2 du3-a_
2. _da e2_ u-bar-ri-ia _dumu_ hu-za-lum
3. u3 _da e2_ sa-mi-ia _ad-kup4_
4. _egir e2_ u-bar-ri-ia
5. _ki_ {d}a-a-tal-lik _lukur_ {d}utu
6. _dumu-munus_ li-ir-bi-zimbir{ki}
7. u3 ap-pa-an-dingir _szesz-a-ni_
8. {disz}il-ta-ni _lukur_ {d}utu _dumu-munus_ a-pil-i3-li2-szu
9. i-na _har ku3-babbar_-sza _in-szi-in-sa10_
10. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
11. _5/6(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-an-[la2]_
12. _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_
13. _inim-bi al-til sza3-ga-a-ni i3-du10_
14. _u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_
15. _inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_
reverse
1. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
2. u3 {d}suen-mu-ba-li2-it, _in-pa3_
3. _igi_ ARAD-{d}suen _igi_ sza-lim-pa-lih-[szu] _sanga_ {d}utu
4. _igi_ na-ra-am-{d}suen _dumu_ mu-da-du-um
5. _igi_ {d}nin-szubur-ma-an-szum2 _ugula lukur_ {d}utu
6. _igi_ {d}utu-ta-ia-ar
7. _igi_ ka-[lu]-mu-um _igi_ li-bur-ra-am
8. _igi_ {d}utu-tab-ba-e _i3-du8 ka2_ ga-gi-im
9. _igi_ {d}we-er-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ {d}we-er-a-bu-szu
10. _igi_ ma-an-nu-um-gi-ri-{d}utu
11. _dumu_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu
12. _igi_ a-wi-il-dingir _dumu_ ku-bu-tum
13. _igi_ sin-pu-ut,-ra-am _igi_ ia-ku-bu-um
14. _dumu_ i-zi-a-szar
15. _igi_ {d}utu-igi-ma-tim _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
16. _igi_ {d}en-lil2-a-bu-um _dub-sar_
17. _igi_ bur-{d}a-a _dumu_ a-ha-am-ar-[szi]
18. _igi_ <...>
left
1. _iti NE-NE-gar u4 4(disz)-kam_
2. _mu i7 tu-tu-he2-gal2_
envelope
obverse
1. _1(disz) 1/2(disz) sar e2 du3-a_
2. _da e2_ u-bar-ri-ia _dumu_ hu-za-lum
3. u3 _da e2_ sa-mi-ia _ad-kup4_
4. _egir* e2_ u-bar-ri-ia
5. _sag-bi sila dagal_
6. _ki_ {d}a-a-tal-lik _lukur_ {d}utu
7. _dumu-munus_ li-ir-bi-zimbir{ki}
8. u3 a-ap*-pa-an-dingir _szesz-a-ni_
9. {disz}il-ta-ni _lukur_ {d}utu
10. _dumu-munus#_ a-pil-i3-li2-szu
11. i-na [sza]-wi-ri-sza _in-szi-in-sa10#_
12. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
13. _5/6(disz) ma-na# 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
14. _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_
15. _inim-bi al-til sza3-ga-a-ni i3-du10_
16. _u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_
17. _inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_
18. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk#
19. u3 {d}suen-mu-ba-li2-it,
20. _in-pa3-de3-esz_
reverse
1. _igi_ ARAD-{d}suen sanga {d}[utu]
2. _igi_ sza-lim-pa-lih-szu _sanga_ {d#}utu#
3. _igi_ na-ra-am-{d}suen _dumu_ mu-da-du-um
4. _igi_ {d}nin-szubur-ma-an-szum2 _ugula lukur_ {d}utu
5. _igi_ {d}utu-ta-ia-ar _igi_ ka-lu-mu-um
6. _igi_ li-bur-ra-am _igi_ {d}utu-tab-ba-e
7. _i3-du8 ka2_ ga-gi-im
8. _igi_ {d}we-er-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ {d}we-er-a-bu-szu
9. _igi_ ma-an-nu-um-gi-ri-{d}utu
10. _dumu_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu
11. _igi_ a-wi-il-dingir _dumu_ ku-bu-tum
12. _igi_ {d}suen-pu-ut,-ra-am _dumu_ <...>
13. _igi_ ia-ku-ub-dingir _dumu_ i-zi-a-szar
14. _igi_ bur-{d}a-a _dumu_ a-ha-am-ar-szi
15. _igi_ {d}en-lil2-a-bu-um _dub-sar_
16. _igi_ [{d}]utu#-i-in-ma-tim _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
17. _iti NE#-[NE-gar u4 4(disz)-kam_]
18. _mu i7# [tu-tu-he2-gal2_]
seal 1
1. mu-da-du-um
2. dumu usz-ta-asz*-ni-dingir
3. ARAD sa3-bi#-um*
seal 2
1. {d}nin-szubur-ba-ni
2. dumu [bur]-nu-nu
3. ugula lukur {d}utu
seal 3
1. {d}utu-tab-ba-e
2. dumu {d}utu-li-[t,u2-ul]
3. ARAD e2-babbar2
  For the patronym, see CT 47, 10 seal 6
seal 4
1. {d}utu
seal 5
1. ka-lu-mu-um
2. dumu {d}iszkur-re-me-ni
seal 6
  (uninscribed, with inscription between the figures:)
1. {d}suen
seal 7
1. a-ha-am-ar-szi
2. dumu li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2
3. ARAD e2-babbar2
seal 8
1. [sza-lim]-pa-li-ih-{d}marduk
2. [dumu] {d}suen-ga-mil
3. [sanga] {d}utu
4. [ARAD {d}]marduk
seal 9
1. [ARAD-{d}suen]
2. sanga# [{d}utu]
3. [dumu li-pi2-it-isz8-tar2]
4. ARAD {d}[a-a]
seal 10
1. [{d}utu-ta]-ia-ar
2. [dumu] a-na-qa-ti-{d}utu-a-na-t,al
3. ARAD e2-babbar2
seal 11
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. a-wi-il-dingir
seal 12
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. sin-pu-ut,-ra-am
seal 13
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. [{d}]utu#-igi-ma-tim
seal 14
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _kiszib3_ {d}a-a-tal-lik

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P355869

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 092586 & BM 092586A
Accession Number 1888-05-12 Bu, 0721 & 1888-05-12 Bu, 0722

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.92586
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1888-0512-Bu-721

References

  • primary: CT 4, 49b

    [Pinches1898CT4] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1898. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 4. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: MHET 2/1, 121

    [Dekiere1994MHET2/1] Dekiere, Luc. 1994. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 1: Pre-Hammurabi Documents. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

  • collation: AfO 44/45, p. 349-356, p. 351 (coll.)

    [Woestenburg1998reviewMHET2/1-4] Woestenburg, Els. 1997/98. “Review Dekiere MHET II/1-4.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 349–56.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-08-15 at 10:28:22 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2007-01-09 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Tinney, Stephen J. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 04, Pl. 49, Bu 1888-05-12, 0721 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P355869.
CT 04, pl. 49, Bu 1888-05-12, 0721 artifact entry (No. P355869). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P355869 (Original work published 2007)
CT 04, pl. 49, Bu 1888-05-12, 0721 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P355869 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P355869},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P355869},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 04, Pl. 49, Bu 1888-05-12, 0721 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P355869.
CT 04, pl. 49, Bu 1888-05-12, 0721 artifact entry (No. P355869). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P355869 (Original work published 2007)
CT 04, pl. 49, Bu 1888-05-12, 0721 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P355869 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {CT 04, pl. 49, {Bu} 1888-05-12, 0721 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P355869},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P355869},
}


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DA  - 2023/9/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P355869
LB  - CDLI:P355869
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - CT 04, pl. 49, Bu 1888-05-12, 0721 artifact entry
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