Hiring Workers 034 (P510329)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 022652

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)

object bulla
surface a
1. _1(disz) lu2 hun-ga2_
2. {d}utu-we-dam-u2-s,ur
3. _iti du6-ku3_
4. _u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam_
seal 1
1. il-lu-ra-tum
2. _dumu-munus_ a-bi-ma-ra-as,
3. _geme2_ {d}isz-ha-ra

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Bulla
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: Hiring Workers, no. 34

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 022652
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 454

  • Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:

    Weitemeyer: "Sippar region"

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2018-10-16 at 11:10:15 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2018-05-31 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 012114 (composite) (P386653) Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“Hiring Workers 034 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510329.
Hiring Workers 034 artifact entry (No. P510329). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510329 (Original work published 2018)
Hiring Workers 034 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510329 (Accessed: May 10, 2025).
@misc{2023Hiring,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {Hiring {Workers} 034 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510329},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510329},
}


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