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TJDB pl. 45, MAH 16376 (P424181)

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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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

MAH 16376

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. _sa10-am3_ 2(asz) i3-x-[...]_
3. _ki_ u2-tul2-isz8-tar2 a-bi _[erin2]_
4. {disz}ib-na-tum _dumu_ a-da-[tum]
5. wa-szi-ib# zimbir{ki}-am-na#-ni#
6. _szu ba-an-ti_
7. a-na 1(u) u4-mi
8. a-na na-[szi] ka-ni-ki-szu
reverse
1. _1(disz)# gin2# [ku3]-babbar#_
2. _i3#-[la2-e]_
3. _igi_ [...]-x-x-(x)
4. _igi_ [...]
blank space
5. _iti sig4-a u4 1(u) 9(disz)-kam#
6. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal#-[e] {uruda}du8 mah gal-gal-la#_
seal 1
1. a-ta-na-ah
2. dumu gi-mi-lum
3. ARAD {d}szakkan2

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Collections

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

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: TJDB, pl. 45, MAH 16376

[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: Wool Economy ANE, p.202-231, p. 211

[deGraef2014wool] De Graef, Katrien. 2014. “All Wool and a Yard Wide. Wool Production and Trade in Old Babylonian Sippar.” In Wool Economy in the Ancient Near East and the Aegean. From the Beginnings of Sheep Husbandry to Institutional Textile Industry, edited by Catherine Breniquet and Cécile Michel, 202–31. Ancient Textiles Series, Vol. 17. Oxford & Philadelphia: Oxbow Books.
citation: JCS 05 (pp. 18-20), 019, no. 2.7.5.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

Composite No.:
Museum No.: MAH 16376
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.14.03.19
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2022-06-27 at 09:20:41	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		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. 45, MAH 16376 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424181.

TJDB pl. 45, MAH 16376 artifact entry (No. P424181). (2011, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424181

TJDB pl. 45, MAH 16376 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424181 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).

@misc{2011TJDB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-26]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 2},
	title = {TJDB pl. 45, {MAH} 16376 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424181},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424181},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/2/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P424181
LB  - CDLI:P424181
M1  - 2026/2/26/
TI  - TJDB pl. 45, MAH 16376 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424181
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“TJDB Pl. 45, MAH 16376 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424181.

TJDB pl. 45, MAH 16376 artifact entry (No. P424181). (2011, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424181

TJDB pl. 45, MAH 16376 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424181 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).

@misc{2011TJDB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-26]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 2},
	title = {TJDB pl. 45, {MAH} 16376 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424181},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424181},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/2/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P424181
LB  - CDLI:P424181
M1  - 2026/2/26/
TI  - TJDB pl. 45, MAH 16376 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424181
ER  -