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Suurmeijer diss. BM 022711 (P512309)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 022711

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. _3(disz) sar [e2] du3#-a_ i-na ib2? x x lum
2. i-ta [...] im? di
3. x [...] x {d}iszkur
4. [...]-szu-i3-li2-szu
5. [...] x ar ba? x
6. [...]-bi _sila dagal-la_
7. [...] x [x] {d}utu
8. [...] x [...]-i-din-nam
9. [...] x x x x
10. [...]-ri-isz-ti-{d}utu _lukur [{d}utu?_]
11. [_dumu-munus_] sin-ta-ia-ar
12. [i-na] _har ku3-babbar_-sza _in#-[szi-in-sa10_]
13. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
reverse
1. _1(u) 6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-an-[la2_]
2. _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_
3. _inim-bi al-til_
4. _u4-kur2-[sze3 lu2] lu2-ra inim nu-um-[ga2]-ga2-a_
5. _mu_ [{d}utu] {d}marduk ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal_
6. u3 {iri}zimbir{ki} in-pa3-[de3-mesz_]
7. _igi_ ar-wu-um _dumu_ {d}utu-ma-lik
8. _igi_ {d}utu-ra-im x _ra2-gaba_
9. _igi_ dumu-zimbir{ki} _dumu_ qu2-ra?-du?-[um?]
10. _igi_ a-ha-am-nir-szi _dumu_ mi-in-nu-nu-um
11. _igi_ szu-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ a-bu-ia-ti#-ia# x
12. _igi_ e-tel-pi4-sza _dumu_ is, ri? x x
13. _igi_ ip-qu2-sza
14. _igi_ ip-qu2-sza
15. _iti_ x [...]
16. _mu alan {d}inanna_ [...]

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 22711

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 022711
Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0513

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.17.00.00
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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 20:35:34	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

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British Museum Collection (W_1894-0115-513) (W_1894-0115-513)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Suurmeijer Diss. BM 022711 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P512309.

Suurmeijer diss. BM 022711 artifact entry (No. P512309). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512309 (Original work published 2018)

Suurmeijer diss. BM 022711 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512309 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512309},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512309},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Suurmeijer Diss. BM 022711 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P512309.

Suurmeijer diss. BM 022711 artifact entry (No. P512309). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512309 (Original work published 2018)

Suurmeijer diss. BM 022711 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512309 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {Suurmeijer diss. {BM} 022711 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512309},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512309},
}

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