RIME 4.03.06.03, ex. 01 (P431842)

Official or display tablet 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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 046543

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na {d}en-lil2
2. be-li _gal_-i
3. sza2 _an_-e u _ki_-tim
4. _lugal dingir-dingir_
5. be-li-ia
6. ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
7. ru-bu-u2 me-gir {d}5(u)
8. re-'-u2 na-ram {d}nin-lil2
9. pal-hu sze-mu-u2 {d}utu
10. mu-t,ib lib3-bi {d}marduk
11. _lugal_ dan-nu
12. _lugal_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki}
13. asz2-ru pal-hu
reverse
1. [...] x a#-na-ku#
2. [i3]-nu# {d}en-lil2 _ug3-mesz kur_-i
3. a#-na be-lu-ti e-pe-szi
4. id-di-na s,er-re-es-sa
5. a-na _szu_-ia
6. u2-ma-al-li
7. i-nu-szu <i-na> babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki}
8. _iri_ na-ar-me-szu
9. _e2_-szu-tum3-me
10. hu-ud lib-bi-szu2 e-pu-usz
colophon
11.a. sza2 _ugu mu-sar-e_ sza2 e2-nam-ti-la
 en: That which was upon an inscription of the Enamtila
11.b. sza2 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal_ {disz}re-mut-{d}gu-la
 en: of Hammurapi, the king, Rēmūt-Gula,
11.c. _a lu2-sag-erin2 {lu2}szaman2-la2 nab tur_ isz-t,ur-ma
 en: descendant of Ša-rēš-ṣābim, the apprentice merchant and junior musician, wrote,
11.d. ana _tin zi-me_-szu2 _du10_-ub lib3-bi-szu2 u _gesz tuku_ su-pe-e-szu2
 en: (and) for his life, his happiness, and the hearing of his prayers,
11.e. i-na e2-zi-da _e2_ na-ram {d}muati u2-ki-in
 en: in Ezida, the house beloved of Nabû, placed.

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RIME 4, 03.06.03, ex. 01

    [Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: LIH, 059

    [King1898-1900LIH] King, Leonard W. 1898-1900. The Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi. Luzac & co.

  • history: Reading the Past, 035

    [Walker1990ReadingthePast] Walker, Christopher B. F. 1990. “Cuneiform.” Reading the Past: Ancient Writing from Cuneiform to the Alphabet.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 046543
  • Accession No.: 1881-08-30, 0009

  • Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    neo-Babylonian copy of OB

  • Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.00.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 14:08:27 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-03 at 12:59:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-08 at 22:52:07 Downton, Jessica Artifact Downton, Jessica Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2024-05-25 at 15:44:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-01-13 at 10:55:00 Englund, Robert K. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2019-01-13 at 10:50:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2019-01-13 at 10:50:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-11-21 at 16:22:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-11-21 at 08:56:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-01-26 at 12:34:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-04-26 at 07:33:19 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2012-09-16 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
RIME 4.03.06.03 composite (P448470) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RIME 4.03.06.03, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2012) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P431842.
RIME 4.03.06.03, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P431842). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P431842 (Original work published 2012)
RIME 4.03.06.03, ex. 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P431842 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).
@misc{2024RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {RIME 4.03.06.03, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P431842},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P431842},
}


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