BM 097603 (P523818)

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 097603

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. _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. a-na _sa10 sze-gesz-i3_
3. sza {d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi _masz2-szu-gid2-gid2_
4. _dumu_ {d}utu-ba-ni
5. a-na {d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ hu-za-lum
6. id-di-nu
7. _u4 buru14-sze3 sze-gesz-i3_
8. _ki-lam_ i-ba-asz-szu-u2
reverse
1. sze-gesz-i3 i3-ag2-e_
  single ruling
2. _igi_ {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni _dub-sar erin2_
3. _igi_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur _dumu_ pir-hi-{d}iszkur
  blank space
4. _iti NE-NE-gar u4 2(u)-kam_
5. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e alan sza3-asz-sza4 x x x x_
seal 1
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _kiszib3_ sin-i-din-nam
seal 2
1. {d}suen-isz#-[me-a-ni]
2. _dub-[sar]_
3. _dumu# e-tel-pi4-{d}[x]
4. ARAD# am-mi-s,a-du#-[qa2]
seal 3
1. ib-ni-[{d}iszkur]
2. _dumu_ pir-hi-[{d}iszkur]
seal 4
  (uninscribed)

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 097603
  • Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0657

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2021-11-08 at 14:24:49 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2021-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 097603 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P523818.
BM 097603 artifact entry (No. P523818). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P523818 (Original work published 2021)
BM 097603 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P523818 (Accessed: June 11, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 097603 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P523818},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P523818},
}

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