Suurmeijer diss. BM 022590 (P512307)

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 022590

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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tablet
obverse
1. [...]
2. [...]-ta?-ia?-ar? [...]
3. u3#? [...]-lu-usz-ti# [...]
4. [...] ut?-tum [...]
5. [...] x {d}suen-e-ri#-[...]
6. _dumu_ {d}utu-[...]
7. _ki_ {d}suen-e-ri-[...]
8. {d}suen-ta-ia-ar#
9. _dumu_ ak-sza#-[ia]
10. [_in-szi]-in-sa10_ [...]
11. [...] x gin2#? [...]
12. [...] gan2? na? [...]
  Probably Suurmeijer error for: [gesz]-gan-na
13. [_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. [...] {iri}zimbir{ki}
6. it-mu-u2
7. [...]-wu-um _dumu_ {d}utu-ma?-hu#? [...]
8. [...]-{d}suen _dumu_ {d}utu-a-bu#?-[...]
9. [...]-x-wa-qar _dumu_ x su? nu? [...]
10. [...] x x x [...]
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Suurmeijer diss., App. BM 22590

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 022590
  • Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0392

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2021-07-14 at 20:35:33 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2018-08-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“Suurmeijer Diss. BM 022590 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P512307.
Suurmeijer diss. BM 022590 artifact entry (No. P512307). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512307 (Original work published 2018)
Suurmeijer diss. BM 022590 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512307 (Accessed: November 26, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {Suurmeijer diss. {BM} 022590 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512307},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512307},
}

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M1  - 2025/11/26/
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Cite this Artifact

“Suurmeijer Diss. BM 022590 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P512307.
Suurmeijer diss. BM 022590 artifact entry (No. P512307). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512307 (Original work published 2018)
Suurmeijer diss. BM 022590 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512307 (Accessed: November 26, 2025).
@misc{2024Suurmeijer,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {Suurmeijer diss. {BM} 022590 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512307},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512307},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P512307
LB  - CDLI:P512307
M1  - 2025/11/26/
TI  - Suurmeijer diss. BM 022590 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P512307
ER  - 
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