BM 070871 + BM 082921 + BM 101366 (P385889)

Lexical tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 070871 + BM 082921 + BM 101366

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Lu)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

obverse
column 1
2 lines traces
9 lines broken
1'. [...] = %a [x] x# x# [x]
2'. [...] = %a [MIN?] szar-ri
3'. [...] = %a na#-masz-tu-u
>>A 95b
4'. [...] = %a ka#-ri-bu
>>A 96
5'. [...] = %a [MIN?] szar-ri
6'. [...] = %a [(x)]-x#-lu?-u2
>>A 98
7'. [...] = %a [la-bi]-isz#? ki-te-e
>>A 99
8'. [...] = %a [MIN] na#-al-ba-szi
>>A 100
9'. [...] = %a [...] x# SZU
>>A 101
10'. [...] = %a [...] SZU-u2
>>A 102
11'. [...] = %a [...] x# x# [...]
column 2
1'. x# [...]
2'. musz-DU-[...] = %a [...]
3'. musz-|DU.DU#| = %a [...]
>>A 155
4'. lugal-a-ra2-us2-sa# = %a [...]
>>A 156
5'. lu2-nam-tag-ga-du8-x# = %a [...]
>>A 159
6'. {su-rum}sur9 = %a [...]
>>A 160
7'. {la-gar}|SAL.HUB| = %a [MIN]
8'. la-bar = %a 3(disz)?# [(...)]
>>A 163
9'. sug9#-pad3 = %a 4(disz)
>>A 164
10'. [(x)]{ik?#-ki} NAR? = %a 5(disz)
11'. [x]-KU = %a 6(disz)
>>A 167
12'. [x]{x#-di?#-rum}-gal = %a |USZ.KU| [...]
13'. [gala]-mah = %a MIN
>>A 169
14'. |USZ.[KU]|-lugal = %a MIN szar#-[ri]
15'. |USZ.KU|-x-us2 = %a kar-x-[...]
16'. |USZ.KU#|-tur = %a SZU#-[(x)]
17'. |USZ.KU#|-[hal]-tusz#-a = %a SZU-[(u2)]
>>A 171
18'. balag# il2#-il2# = %a na-asz2 ba-[lam-gi]
>>A 174
19'. balag-[di] = %a s,a-ri-[ru]
>>A 175
20'. balag-i-lu-di# = %a mu-nam#-[bu-u]
>>A 176
21'. u3-a-li = %a lal#-la-ru3
>>A 177
22'. MUNUS# u3-a-li = %a lal-la-ar-tu4
>>A 178
23'. [...]-gal2# = %a SZU
>>A 179
24'. [...]-ra = %a SZU
>>A 180
25'. [...]-ra = %a SZU
>>A 181
26'. [pi-il-pi]-li# = %a BUR-ru-u2
>>A 182
27'. [pi-il-pi]-li# = %a as-si-in-nu
>>A 183
28'. [...] = %a MIN#<(as-sin-nu-u)>
>>A 184
29'. [...] = %a [MIN<(as-sin-nu-u)>]
>>A 185
reverse
column 1
9 lines traces
10'. [IGI-IGI] = %a pe-ta#-[at] i#-ni6#
>>A 221
11'. [IGI]-IGI = %a [pa]-al-s,a i-ni6
>>A 222
12'. [IGI]-IGI = %a nam-ra i-ni6
>>A 223
13'. [igi nu?]-gal2 = %a la na-[t,i-lu?]
>>A 224
14'. [igi?] nu-gal2 = %a szi-ta-ah#-[...]
>>A 225
15'. |NAR#.BALAG| = %a ti-gu-[u2]
>>A 226
16'. |[BALAG].LIL2| = %a MIN<(ti-gu-u)>
>>A 228
17'. |[LIL2].BALAG| = %a 3(disz)<(ti-gu-u)>
>>A 229
18'. |[BALAG].NAR| = %a 4(disz)<(ti-gu-u)>
>>A 227
19'. [a-u5?]-a = %a SZU
>>A 230 ?
20'. addir(|[X].PAD.SI.A|)# = %a MIN#
>>A 231

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Consult word list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Lu)
Language(s): Akkadian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 070871 + BM 082921 + BM 101366
Accession No.: 1882-09-18, 10872 + 1883-01-21, 0084 + 1883-01-21, 3027

Provenience

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

Period: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-12-08 at 10:07:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2008-05-26 at 05:38:01	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-05-23 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.70871) (BM.70871)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P385889) (P385889)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P385889) (P385889)
British Museum Collection (W_1882-0918-10872) (W_1882-0918-10872)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 070871 + BM 082921 + BM 101366 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P385889.

BM 070871 + BM 082921 + BM 101366 artifact entry (No. P385889). (2024, December 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P385889 (Original work published 2008)

BM 070871 + BM 082921 + BM 101366 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P385889 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 8},
	title = {BM 070871 + {BM} 082921 + {BM} 101366 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P385889},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P385889},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 070871 + BM 082921 + BM 101366 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P385889.

BM 070871 + BM 082921 + BM 101366 artifact entry (No. P385889). (2024, December 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P385889 (Original work published 2008)

BM 070871 + BM 082921 + BM 101366 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P385889 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 8},
	title = {BM 070871 + {BM} 082921 + {BM} 101366 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P385889},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P385889},
}

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DA  - 2024/12/8/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P385889
M1  - 2026/2/26/
TI  - BM 070871 + BM 082921 + BM 101366 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P385889
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