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Archibab 1, 1 (P504440)

Legal 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 016981

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (marriage)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. {disz}a-ha-su2-nu
2. _dumu-munus_ {d}utu-an-dul3-li2
3. u3 {d}zar-pa-ni-tum-la-ma-si2 _sag-geme2_
4. _ki_ {d}utu-an-dul3-li2 a-bi-sza
5. u3 ra-ma-tum _ama-a-ni_
6. {disz}ARAD2-{d}suen _dumu_ sza-{d}utu
7. a-na asz-szu-tim u3 mu-tu-tim
8. i-hu-us-si2 _5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
9. te-er-ha-sa3 _in-na-an-la2_
10. li-bi {d}utu-an-dul3-li2 a-bi-sza
11. u3 ra-ma-tum um-mi-sza u2!-t,i3!-ib
12. _u4-kur2-sze3 u4_-mi {disz}ARAD2-sin#
13. a#-na a-ha-su2-nu asz-sza-[ti-szu]
14. u2-ul asz-sza-ti at-ti#
reverse
1. i-qa2-bi-i-ma _1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar i3-la2#-[e_]
2. u3 a-ha-su2-nu a-na ARAD2-sin mu-ti-sza#
3. u2-ul mu-ti at-ta
4. i-qa2-bi-i-ma i-ha-szu-szi-i-ma
5. a-na me-e i-na-du-szi
6. {disz}{d}zar-pa-ni-tum-la-ma-si2
7. a-na ARAD2-{d}suen asz-sza-at
8. a-na a-ha-su2-nu a-ma-at
9. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
10. u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
11. _in-pa3-de3-mesz_
12. _igi_ ta-ia-ru-um
13. _igi_ im-gur-sin
14. _igi_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
15. _igi_ i-pi2-iq-er-s,e2-tim
16. _igi#_ {d}bu-ne2-ne2-i-din-nam
17. _igi#_ {d}utu-ma-an-szum2
left
1. _igi#_ a-di-du-um
2. _mu gu-za_ {d}na-bi#-um#

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Condition Description:
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Archibab 1, 1

[Barberon2012Archibab1] Barberon, Lucile. 2012. Les Religieuses et Le Culte de Marduk Dans Le Royaume de Babylone. Vol. 1. Archives Babyloniennes (XXe-XXVIIe Siècles Av. J.-C.) . SEPOA Paris.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 016981
Accession No.: 1892-07-09, 0097

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.16.00.00
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Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-15 at 18:56:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2019-03-08 at 07:11:17	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2018-07-14 at 10:57:24	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2017-11-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved

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“Archibab 1, 1 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P504440.

Archibab 1, 1 artifact entry (No. P504440). (2024, July 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P504440 (Original work published 2017)

Archibab 1, 1 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P504440 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).

@misc{2024Archibab,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 15},
	title = {Archibab 1, 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P504440},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P504440},
}

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“Archibab 1, 1 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P504440.

Archibab 1, 1 artifact entry (No. P504440). (2024, July 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P504440 (Original work published 2017)

Archibab 1, 1 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P504440 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 15},
	title = {Archibab 1, 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P504440},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P504440},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/15/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2025/5/20/
TI  - Archibab 1, 1 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P504440
ER  -

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