Hiring Workers 120 (P510375)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 081874Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
BullaMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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object bulla
surface a
1. _1(disz) du8-a_
2. _iti udru{duru5} u4 2(disz)-kam_
surface a
1. _1(disz) du8-a_
2. _iti udru{duru5} u4 2(disz)-kam_
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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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- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: Hiring Workers, no. 120
[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 081874
- Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 2006
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Provenience:
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:
Weitemeyer: "Sippar region"
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.11.02
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2018-10-18 at 03:07:37 | Woestenburg, Els | Atf | Woestenburg, Els | CDLI | approved |
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| 2018-05-31 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The British Museum Collection (W_1891-0509-2006) (W_1891-0509-2006)
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Cite this Artifact
“Hiring Workers 120 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510375.
Hiring Workers 120 artifact entry (No. P510375). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510375 (Original work published 2018)
Hiring Workers 120 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510375 (Accessed: December 10, 2025).
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month = {sep 11},
title = {Hiring {Workers} 120 artifact entry},
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howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510375},
}
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