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RSO 82 Supp. 1, 010 (P504456)

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 British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 097566

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

39.0 mm × 49.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3_ sin-i-[...]
2. ASZ i-din-e2-[a]
3. ASZ dumu-er-s,e-tim
4. ASZ ARAD-{d}suen
5. ASZ ma-an-na-tum
6. ASZ {d}utu-mu-ba-li2-it,
7. ($ blank space $) _3(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze_
8. _a2-bi 6(disz) lu2-sze-sag11-ku5_
9. sza _u4 3(disz)-kam_
reverse
1. _2(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 a2-bi 6(disz) lu2-sze-sag11-ku5_
2. sza _u4 2(disz)-kam_
single ruling
3. _4(ban2) a2-bi 2(disz) lu2-sze-sag11-ku5_
4. sza a-li-ba-ni-szu
single ruling
5. _3(ban2) a2-bi 2(disz) lu2-sze-sag11-ku5_
6. szu-mi-er-s,e-tim
single ruling
7. _1(barig) sze a2-bi 3(disz) lu2-sze-sag11-ku5_
8. sza a-na kar-{d}utu{ki} il-li-[ku]
9. ($ blank space $) _1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur_
10. sza i-na _e2_ dingir-szu-mu-ba-li2-it,
11. in-na-ad-[nu]
12. _iti kin-{d}inanna u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam_
13. _mu kilib3 gu2-du3-a-bi_

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

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 39.0 high × 49.0 wide × 21.0 thick
Weight:
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Condition Description:
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: RSO 82 Suppl. 1, 10

[Rositani2011HarvestTexts] Rositani, Annunziata. 2011. Harvest Texts in the British Museum. Rivista Degli Studi Orientali. Supplemento 1. Pisa, Roma: Fabrizio Serra.
history: AOAT 440, p.189-241, p. 207-208

[deGraef2018fieldwork] De Graef, Katrien. 2018. “Kīma Napišti Māti Eqlumma Ul Tīdê. Field Work in Old Babylonian Sippar.” In What’s in a Name? Terminology Related to the Work Force and Job Categories in the Ancient Near East, edited by Agnès Garcia-Ventura, 189–241. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament, Band 440. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 097566
Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0620

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.39.06.13
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2018-12-16 at 03:56:34	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2018-08-12 at 08:15:54	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2017-11-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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The British Museum Collection (W_1902-1011-620) (W_1902-1011-620)

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Cite this Artifact

“RSO 82 Supp. 1, 010 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P504456.

RSO 82 Supp. 1, 010 artifact entry (No. P504456). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P504456 (Original work published 2017)

RSO 82 Supp. 1, 010 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P504456 (Accessed: January 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {RSO 82 {Supp}. 1, 010 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P504456},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P504456},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“RSO 82 Supp. 1, 010 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P504456.

RSO 82 Supp. 1, 010 artifact entry (No. P504456). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P504456 (Original work published 2017)

RSO 82 Supp. 1, 010 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P504456 (Accessed: January 13, 2026).

@misc{2023RSO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {RSO 82 {Supp}. 1, 010 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P504456},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P504456},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P504456
LB  - CDLI:P504456
M1  - 2026/1/13/
TI  - RSO 82 Supp. 1, 010 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P504456
ER  -