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TCL 01, 162 (P386598)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 07595

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (contract)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _2(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}amar-utu
2. a-na e-s,e-di-im
3. sza _e2_ il-ta-ni _lukur_ {d}utu
4. _dumu-munus lugal_
5. i-na-pa-le-szu _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}amar-utu
6. _[szu ba-an]-ti#_
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. _igi#_ gur#-ru-du-um _dumu_ pir-hi-[...]
blank space
3'. _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam_
4'. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e {gesz}dur2-gar ku3-sig17-ga-a_
seal 1
1. {d}mar-tu#
2. dumu an-[na]
(with caption:)
1'. _kiszib3_ i-na-pa-le-szu
seal 2
illegible

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

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (contract)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: TCL 1, 162

[Thureau-Dangin1910TCL1] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1910. Lettres et Contrats de l’époque de La Première Dynastie Babylonienne. Paris: Librairie Paul Geuthner.
history: SMEA 40 (1998) , p. 174-175 (seals)

[Colbow1998SMEA40] Colbow, Gudrun. 1998.
history: CCL 2, A.569 (seals)

[Delaporte1923CCL2] Delaporte, Louis. 1923. Catalogue Des Cylindres Orientaux, Cachets et Pierrres Gravées Du Musée Du Louvre.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 07595
Accession No.:

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ammi-saduqa.08.12.25
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-14 at 08:15:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2022-07-03 at 14:16:47	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2008-06-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ditchey, Mallory; Pace, Carl		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Louvre Collections (cl010124086) (cl010124086)

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

“TCL 01, 162 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P386598.

TCL 01, 162 artifact entry (No. P386598). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P386598 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 01, 162 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P386598 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {TCL 01, 162 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P386598},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P386598},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 01, 162 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P386598.

TCL 01, 162 artifact entry (No. P386598). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P386598 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 01, 162 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P386598 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {TCL 01, 162 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P386598},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P386598},
}

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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P386598
M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - TCL 01, 162 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P386598
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