Hiring Workers 021 (P510324)

Administrative bulla 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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 022673

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Bulla

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

object bulla
surface a
1. _1(disz) lu2 hun-ga2_
2. {d}iszkur-ri-[im]-i3-li2
3. _iti# du6-ku3_
4. _[u4] 6(disz)#-kam_

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P510324

Physical information

Artifact type Bulla
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
Weitemeyer: "Sippar region"
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 022673
Accession Number 1894-01-15, 475

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1894-0115-475

References

  • primary: Hiring Workers, no. 21

    [Weitemeyer1962HiringWorkers] Weitemeyer, Mogens. 1962. Some Aspects of the Hiring of Workers in the Sippar Region at the Time of Hammurabi. Copenhagen: Munksgaard.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-02 at 16:34:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2018-10-16 at 11:10:16 Woestenburg, Els Transliteration Woestenburg, Els CDLI Approved View
2018-05-31 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Hiring Workers 021 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P510324.
Hiring Workers 021 artifact entry (No. P510324). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510324 (Original work published 2018)
Hiring Workers 021 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510324 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 2},
	title = {Hiring {Workers} 021 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510324},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510324},
}

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PY  - 2025
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Cite this Artifacts

“Hiring Workers 021 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P510324.
Hiring Workers 021 artifact entry (No. P510324). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510324 (Original work published 2018)
Hiring Workers 021 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510324 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
@misc{2025Hiring,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 2},
	title = {Hiring {Workers} 021 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510324},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510324},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/2/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P510324
LB  - CDLI:P510324
M1  - 2026/4/22/
TI  - Hiring Workers 021 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510324
ER  - 
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