Hiring Workers 082 (P510352)

Administrative 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 078502

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) a-pil2-i3-li2-szu
2. 1(disz) {d}utu-ha-zir
3. 1(disz) i-din-sin
4. 1(disz) ha-bil-ki-nu-um
5. 1(disz) be-li2-a-bi
6. 1(disz) {d}utu-szar-ki-tim
7. 1(disz) e2-babbar2-lu-mur
8. 1(disz) i3-li2-tap-pe2-e
9. 1(disz) {d}bu-ne2-ne2-a-bi
10. 1(disz) {d}iszkur-tukul-ti
reverse
1. 1(disz) hu-ru-rum
2. 1(disz) be-la-nu-um
3. 1(disz) szu-nu-um-li-ib-szi
4. 1(disz) ta-ri-ba-tum
5. 1(disz) u2-ba-ia-tum _ARAD2 e2_
6. 1(disz) {d}utu-us,-ra-an-ni
7. _1(u) 6(disz) erin2-mesz_
8. _iti kin-{d}inanna u4 2(u) 8(disz)_
9. _mu bad3_ ma2-ri2{ki}

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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: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Hiring Workers, no. 82

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 078502
  • Accession No.: 1888-05-12 Bu, 0408

  • 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 metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2018-10-16 at 11:10:17 Woestenburg, Els Transliteration Woestenburg, Els CDLI Approved View
2018-05-31 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“Hiring Workers 082 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510352.
Hiring Workers 082 artifact entry (No. P510352). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510352 (Original work published 2018)
Hiring Workers 082 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510352 (Accessed: March 27, 2026).
@misc{2023Hiring,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {Hiring {Workers} 082 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510352},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510352},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510352
LB  - CDLI:P510352
M1  - 2026/3/27/
TI  - Hiring Workers 082 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510352
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“Hiring Workers 082 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510352.
Hiring Workers 082 artifact entry (No. P510352). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510352 (Original work published 2018)
Hiring Workers 082 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510352 (Accessed: March 27, 2026).
@misc{2023Hiring,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {Hiring {Workers} 082 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510352},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510352},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510352
LB  - CDLI:P510352
M1  - 2026/3/27/
TI  - Hiring Workers 082 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510352
ER  - 
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