Suurmeijer diss. BM 017354 (P512299)

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 017354

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

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. {disz}{d}x x x [...]
2. u3 _di-ku5-mesz_ [...]
3. i-na x x x _e2 {d}utu?_ [...]
4. {disz}e-ri-isz-ti-{d}utu _lukur {d}utu_
5. ki-a-am iq-bi um-ma szi-[i]
6. _1(disz) sag-geme2_ dingir-sza-sza-am-szi _mu-ni-[im]
7. sza {d}suen-ta-ia-ar a-bi _gub_-ma#
8. i-na t,up-pi2 nu-du-un-ne-e-ia _gub#?_ [x]
9. t,up-pi2 nu-du-un-ne-ia na-di#?-[nim?]
10. _1(disz) sag-nita2_ {d}suen-mu-sza-lim _dumu_ a-bi-x
11. _dumu-munus_ dingir-sza-sza:am-szi _sag#-geme2_-ia? [...]
12. wi-li-id _e2_-ia {disz}ak-sza-ia [...]
13. _dumu-mesz_ i-ku-un-pi4-{d}suen a-hi-ia#
14. s,u2-ha-ra-am szu-a-ti x ma-ru#-ni x
15. a-na qa2-ti-szu-nu ut-te-er x
16. u3#? x _sag-nita2_ a-bu-ki-ma-dingir mu#-[ni?-im? ...]
Suurmeijer: x is not "1(disz)"
17. [...] szu x x [...]
rest broken
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1. {disz}x x x x [...]
2. ki-a-am iz-ku-ur [...]
3. _1(disz) sag-nita2_ {d}suen-mu#-[sza-lim ...]
4. _dumu-munus_ dingir-sza-sza-[am-szi ...]
5. sza i-na t,up-pi2 nu-du-[un-ne ...]
6. _1(disz) sag-nita2_ a-bu-ki-[ma-dingir ...]
7. _2(disz) sag-nita2_ x x x [...]
8. ki-a-am a-na pa#?-ni#?-[...]
9. _2(disz) sag-nita2_ i-na ni-[...]
10. _u4-kur2-sze3_ {disz}ak-sza-[ia ...]
11. a-na e-ri-isz-ti-{d}utu# [...]
12. u3 be-le-su2 [...]
13. a#-di#? ba#?-al#?-t,a#? [...]
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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: Suurmeijer diss., App. BM 17354

[Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 017354
Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0068

Provenience

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

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

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-02 at 16:34:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2021-07-14 at 20:35:33	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2018-08-24 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_1894-0115-68) (W_1894-0115-68)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Suurmeijer Diss. BM 017354 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P512299.

Suurmeijer diss. BM 017354 artifact entry (No. P512299). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512299 (Original work published 2018)

Suurmeijer diss. BM 017354 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512299 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Suurmeijer Diss. BM 017354 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P512299.

Suurmeijer diss. BM 017354 artifact entry (No. P512299). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512299 (Original work published 2018)

Suurmeijer diss. BM 017354 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512299 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 2},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512299},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512299},
}

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