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JCSSS 2, 81b (P512257)

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 026345

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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tablet
obverse
1. _4(disz) gin2 ku3-[babbar na4] {d}utu_
2. a-na _sa10_ [sze-e]
3. _ki_ gal-da-nu [_lu2_ su-ti]
4. _dumu_ ab-da-nu
5. {disz}ku-ub-bu-rum
6. _dumu_ na-bi-{d}em-lil2
7. _szu ba-an-ti_
reverse
1. _u4 buru14-sze3_
2. a-na na-szi ka-ni-ki-szu
3. sze-am _i3-ag2-e_
4. _igi_ ARAD-{d}ul-masz-szi-tum
5. _igi_ il3-szu-ib-ni
6. _dumu_ si-iz-za-tum
7. _iti udru{duru5} u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam_
8. _mu_ [am-mi]-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e sipa# zi# sze# ga# [x x x] ur5#-[...]_
left
1. [ARAD]-{d}ul3-masz-szi-tum

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

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: JCSSS 2, 81b

[Richardson2010JCSSS2] Richardson, Seth F. C. 2010. Texts from the Late Old Babylonian Period. Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Supplemental Series 2. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5615/j.ctt2jcb2p.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 026345
Accession No.: 1898-05-14, 0163

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ammi-saduqa.10.11.16
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2019-02-21 at 02:48:11	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	approved
2018-08-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0514-163-a)

Notes

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“JCSSS 2, 81b Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P512257.

JCSSS 2, 81b artifact entry (No. P512257). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512257 (Original work published 2018)

JCSSS 2, 81b artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512257 (Accessed: June 15, 2025).

@misc{2023JCSSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {JCSSS 2, 81b artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512257},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512257},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P512257
LB  - CDLI:P512257
M1  - 2025/6/15/
TI  - JCSSS 2, 81b artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P512257
ER  -

“JCSSS 2, 81b Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P512257.

JCSSS 2, 81b artifact entry (No. P512257). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512257 (Original work published 2018)

JCSSS 2, 81b artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512257 (Accessed: June 15, 2025).

@misc{2023JCSSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {JCSSS 2, 81b artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512257},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512257},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P512257
LB  - CDLI:P512257
M1  - 2025/6/15/
TI  - JCSSS 2, 81b artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P512257
ER  -

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