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Suurmeijer diss. BM 097852 (P512322)

Legal tablet & envelope 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 097852 & BM 097852A

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. {disz}ARAD-{d}bu-[ne-ne]
2. _ki_ sa-mi#-[ia]
3. {disz}sin-i#-din-nam#
4. a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam_ [x]
5. i-gu-ur-szu#
6. _a2-bi dumu_ {d}utu-ba-ni
7. _1(asz) sze gur_
reverse
1. i-na _{gesz}ban2_ {d}utu
(about 3 lines covered by envelope)
1'. _igi_ e#-[...]
2'. _igi_ sin-lu-ud-lu-ul#
3'. _mu sze-ga dingir gal-gal_
envelope
obverse
1. {disz}ARAD#-{d}bu#-[ne-ne]
2. ki sa-mi-ia
3. {disz}{d}suen-i#-din-nam _[dumu_ {d}mar-tu-a-bi]
4. a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam_
5. i-gu-ur-szu
6. _1(asz) sze gur_
7. i-na _{gesz}ban2_ {d}utu
reverse
1. i#-na# me-sze-qum
2. x x [x _i3]-ag2#-e_
3. _iti udru{duru5} u4 [n]+3(disz)-kam_ i-ru-ub
4. _2(barig) 4(ban2) sze_ ma-hi-ir#
5. _igi_ e-ba-tum _dumu_ {d}[x]-sza#-tum
6. _igi_ {d}suen-[...]
7. _mu sze-[ga dingir gal-gal]_
seal 1
1. {d}suen-x-x-x
2. [...]
3. ARAD {d}nin-[si-an-na]
seal 2
1. x x [...]
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu {d}EN#-[...]
4. ARAD {d}[...]

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 & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Suurmeijer diss., App. BM 97852

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 097852 & BM 097852A
Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0906 & 1902-10-11, 0906A

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Samsu-iluna.02.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2021-07-11 at 12:26:55	Woestenburg, Els	Transliteration	Woestenburg, Els	CDLI	Approved
2018-08-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“Suurmeijer Diss. BM 097852 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P512322.

Suurmeijer diss. BM 097852 artifact entry (No. P512322). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512322 (Original work published 2018)

Suurmeijer diss. BM 097852 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512322 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

@misc{2024Suurmeijer,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {Suurmeijer diss. {BM} 097852 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512322},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512322},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Suurmeijer Diss. BM 097852 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P512322.

Suurmeijer diss. BM 097852 artifact entry (No. P512322). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512322 (Original work published 2018)

Suurmeijer diss. BM 097852 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512322 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

@misc{2024Suurmeijer,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {Suurmeijer diss. {BM} 097852 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512322},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512322},
}

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DA  - 2024/6/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P512322
LB  - CDLI:P512322
M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - Suurmeijer diss. BM 097852 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P512322
ER  -