Hiring Workers 111 (P510366)

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 081916

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

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object bulla
surface a
1. _6(disz) {lu2}sze-sag11-ku5_
2. _a#-sza3_ x x x x x x
3. e-ri-ib-{d}suen#
4. _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam_
6. _mu bad3_ x x (x)
seal 1
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  • Artifact type: Bulla
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Hiring Workers, no. 111

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

  • history: Harris, Rivkah, JAOS 83 (1963), 251

    [Harris1963JAOS83] Harris, Rivkah. 1963. “Reviewed Work(s): Some Aspects of the Hiring of Workers in the Sipper Region at the Time of Hammurabi by Mogens Weitmeyer.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 83: 251–52.

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  • Museum No.: BM 081916
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 2048

  • 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
2024-08-22 at 10:20:21 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2018-10-18 at 03:07:37 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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Cite this Artifact

“Hiring Workers 111 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P510366.
Hiring Workers 111 artifact entry (No. P510366). (2024, August 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510366 (Original work published 2018)
Hiring Workers 111 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510366 (Accessed: November 16, 2025).
@misc{2024Hiring,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 22},
	title = {Hiring {Workers} 111 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510366},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510366},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P510366
LB  - CDLI:P510366
M1  - 2025/11/16/
TI  - Hiring Workers 111 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510366
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“Hiring Workers 111 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P510366.
Hiring Workers 111 artifact entry (No. P510366). (2024, August 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510366 (Original work published 2018)
Hiring Workers 111 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510366 (Accessed: November 16, 2025).
@misc{2024Hiring,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 22},
	title = {Hiring {Workers} 111 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510366},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510366},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P510366
LB  - CDLI:P510366
M1  - 2025/11/16/
TI  - Hiring Workers 111 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510366
ER  - 
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