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Suurmeijer diss. BM 022521 (P512306)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 022521

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

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [x] x di ha x
2. u3 _da_ ak-[...]
3. _ki_ ha-di-an-ni [...]
4. _dumu-munus_ na-ka#-[...]
5. hu-za-la-tum [...]
6. _dumu-munus_ ak-sza-[...]
7. _in-szi-in-sa10_
8. a-na _sa10_ ga-am-ri-im
9. _ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
10. _sza3_-sza t,a3-ab [...]
11. _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-[bala_]
12. _inim-bi al-til_
reverse
1. _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-[ra_]
2. _inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a#
3. _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk
4. ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
5. u3 {iri}zimbir{ki}
6. _in-pa3-da_
7. _igi_ isz-me-ra-im _dumu#_ [...]
8. _igi_ sin-sza-du-[...] _dumu#_ [...]
9. _igi_ sin-e?-ri?-ba-am [...]
10. [...] x _dumu#_ [...]
11. [...] x _dumu_ a-li-wa-aq-ru-um
12. [...] x _dumu_ sza-lu-ru-um

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 22521

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 022521
Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0323

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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_1894-0115-323) (W_1894-0115-323)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Suurmeijer Diss. BM 022521 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P512306.

Suurmeijer diss. BM 022521 artifact entry (No. P512306). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512306 (Original work published 2018)

Suurmeijer diss. BM 022521 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512306 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {Suurmeijer diss. {BM} 022521 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512306},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512306},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Suurmeijer Diss. BM 022521 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P512306.

Suurmeijer diss. BM 022521 artifact entry (No. P512306). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512306 (Original work published 2018)

Suurmeijer diss. BM 022521 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512306 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

@misc{2024Suurmeijer,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {Suurmeijer diss. {BM} 022521 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512306},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512306},
}

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DA  - 2024/6/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P512306
LB  - CDLI:P512306
M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - Suurmeijer diss. BM 022521 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P512306
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