BM 097401 (P524083)

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 097401

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) 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. _ib2-tak4 sa10 gu4_
3. _ki_ dingir-szu-ib-ni-szu _ugula [gidri]_
4. {disz}nin?-szu?-{d}x _dumu_ na#-bi-[...]
5. u3 ku#?-u2-i?-la# _dumu_ nu-[...]
6. _szu# ba-an-ti_
7. [...]
8. [...]
reverse
1. a-na na-szi ka-[ni-ki-szu]
2. _ku3-babbar i3-la2-e-mesz#_
  single ruling
3. _igi#_ [...]-x _dumu_ zi-[...]
4. _igi#_ na-ka-rum _dumu_ gi-[x]-um
  single ruling
5. _iti ab-e3 u4 1(disz)-kam_
6. [_mu_ am-mi-s,a-du]-qa2 _lugal-e {uruda#}ki-lugal-gub i3-mah# hur-sag didli-a i7-da i3-me-esz_
seal 1
  (uninscribed, with illegible caption)

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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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  • Museum No.: BM 097401
  • Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0455

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
2021-09-01 at 14:40:14 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2021-08-15 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 097401 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P524083.
BM 097401 artifact entry (No. P524083). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524083 (Original work published 2021)
BM 097401 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524083 (Accessed: June 9, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 097401 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524083},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524083},
}


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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P524083
LB  - CDLI:P524083
M1  - 2025/6/9/
TI  - BM 097401 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524083
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