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BDHP 33 (P510411)

Legal 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 080337

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) amar ga_ x#
2. sza ib-ni-{d}amar-utu
3. _dumu_ {d}suen-i-din-nam
4. _ki_ ib-ni-{d}amar-utu
5. be-el _gu4_ i-di#
6. {disz}{d}amar-utu-mu-ba-li2-it, a-bi _erin2_
7. _in-szi-in-sa10_
8. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
9. _4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
10. u3 _1(u) 4(disz) sze ku3-babbar si-bi_
11. isz-ku-un
12. a-na ba-aq-ri-szu
reverse
1. ki-ma s,i-im-da-at _lugal_
2. iz-za-az
single ruling
3. _igi_ {d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi _dumu_ {d}amar-utu-na-s,i-ir
4. _igi_ a-bu-wa-qar _dumu_ {d}suen-i-din-nam
5. _igi_ a-wi-il-{d}suen _ugula lukur? {d?}utu?_
6. _igi_ i-KU?-UB-BU x x-i-din-nam
7. _igi_ {d}suen-mu-sza-lim _dumu_ {d}amar-utu-na-s,i-ir
8. _igi_ szu-mu-um-li-s,i _dub-sar_
single ruling
blank space
9. [_iti ... u4] n-kam#_
10. [_mu ...] e2? [...]_

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: BDHP, 33

[Waterman1916BDHP] Waterman, Leroy. 1916. Business Documents of the Hammurapi Period from the British Museum. London: Luzac & Co.
history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1648

[Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 080337
Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0474

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.--.--
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2022-06-24 at 07:31:02	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2022-06-23 at 07:18:11	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2018-06-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

British Museum Collection (W_1891-0509-474) (W_1891-0509-474)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BDHP 33 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510411.

BDHP 33 artifact entry (No. P510411). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510411 (Original work published 2018)

BDHP 33 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510411 (Accessed: February 12, 2026).

@misc{2023BDHP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BDHP 33 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510411},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510411},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510411
LB  - CDLI:P510411
M1  - 2026/2/12/
TI  - BDHP 33 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510411
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BDHP 33 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510411.

BDHP 33 artifact entry (No. P510411). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510411 (Original work published 2018)

BDHP 33 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510411 (Accessed: February 12, 2026).

@misc{2023BDHP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BDHP 33 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510411},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510411},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510411
LB  - CDLI:P510411
M1  - 2026/2/12/
TI  - BDHP 33 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510411
ER  -