TJDB pl. 02-03, MAH 15913 (P423892)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

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Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

Museum Number

MAH 15913

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. _ibila_ {d}a-a-i-ni-ib#-[ma-tim]
2. _dumu-munus_ puzur4#-{d}utu
3. {disz}sza-at-{d}a-a _lukur {<d>}utu dumu-munus_ nu-ur2-[{d}utu]
4. re-di-it wa-ar-ka-ti-sza
5. _1(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_ i-na _a-gar3_ <pa>-hu-s,um
6. i-ta _a-sza3_ ARAD-{d}suen _dumu_ ARAD-i3-li2-szu
7. u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am
8. _3(iku) GAN2 {gesz}kiri6_ i-na u ur? a
9. i-ta {gesz}kiri6_ a-hu-wa-qar
10. u3 i-ta _{gesz}kiri6_ dingir-pi4-{d}utu
11. _2(disz) 2/3(disz) sar e2 du3-a_ i-na ga-gi-im
12. _da e2_ geme2-{d}utu _lukur {d}utu dumu-munus_ masz-qi2
13. u3 _da e2_ ba-la-t,um# _lukur {d}utu dumu-munus_ {d}utu-na-s,ir#
14. _3(disz) sar e2 du3-a_ i-na zimbir{ki}-gal
15. _da e2_ nu-ur2-{d}kab-ta
16. u3 _da e2_ {d}suen-ma-gir14
17. _2(disz) sar e2 du3-a_ i-na _sila_ di-mu-x-[...]
18. _da e2_ {d}sze?-x-ba?-[...]
19. [u3] _da e2_ {d}en-lil2-x-su2?-ba?-x-[...]
20. _dumu_ a-zi#?-[...]
reverse
1. [_1(disz)] sag-nita2_ iq-x
2. _1(disz) sag-nita2_ {d}utu-na-ah!-ra-ri
3. _1(disz) sag-nita2_ u2-s,ur#-e2!
4. _1(disz) sag-geme2_ {d}a-a-um-mi
5. _1(disz) sag-geme2_ {d}a-a-la-ma-si2
6. _1(disz) sag-geme2_ {d}a-a-re-me-ni
7. bu-szu-u2 sza wa-ar-ka-as#-sa3#
8. isz-tu pe2-e a-di _ku3-sig17_
9. s,i2-lu-sza sza i-na i-ga-ri-im
10. za-ak-pa-at! sza sza-at-{d}a-a
11. {disz}sza#-at-{d}a-a i-na _mu 1(disz)_-szu!
12. _1(u) 2(asz) gur sze sze?-ba 2(barig) 4(ban2) i3-gesz 2(u) 2(disz) ma!-<na> siki
13. i-na-di-szi! i-nu-ma {d}a-a-i-ni-ib-ma-tim
14. i-lu sza iq-te-ru mi-im-ma an-ni-<im>
15. sza i-na _dub_ an-ni sza-at,-ru
16. sza sza-at-{d}a-a _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
17. u3 sa-am-su-i-lu-na _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
single ruling
18. _igi_ {d}utu-li-wi-ir# [...]
19. _iti apin-du8 [u4 n-kam_]
20. _mu {gesz}tukul_ [...]

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Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: TJDB, pl. 2-3, MAH 15913

[Szlechter1958TJDB] Szlechter, Émile. 1958. Tablettes Juridiques de La 1e Dynastie de Babylone Conservées Au Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Genève. Vol. XVI. Publications de l’Institut de Droit Romain de l’Université de Paris. Paris: Recueil Sirey.
history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 462-463

[Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.
citation: JCS 05 (pp. 18-20), 019, no. 2.7.2.c

[Sollberger1951JCS5Geneva] Sollberger, Edmond. 1951. “The Cuneiform Collection in Geneva.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 5 (1): 18–20. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359571.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: MAH 15913
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Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Samsu-iluna.07.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2021-10-22 at 19:00:09	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2011-10-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Cavigneaux, Antoine; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“TJDB Pl. 02-03, MAH 15913 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P423892.

TJDB pl. 02-03, MAH 15913 artifact entry (No. P423892). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P423892 (Original work published 2011)

TJDB pl. 02-03, MAH 15913 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P423892 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“TJDB Pl. 02-03, MAH 15913 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P423892.

TJDB pl. 02-03, MAH 15913 artifact entry (No. P423892). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P423892 (Original work published 2011)

TJDB pl. 02-03, MAH 15913 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P423892 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {TJDB pl. 02-03, {MAH} 15913 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P423892},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P423892},
}

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DA  - 2024/6/14/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/3/6/
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