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BM 097131 (P524814)

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 097131

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) gu4 ur4-ra_
2. _gu4_ ib-ni-{d}marduk _dumu_ ibila-la#-[ah-mi]
3. _ki_ ib-ni-{d}marduk _dumu_ ibila-la-ah-mi
4. be-el _gu4 ur4-ra_
5. {d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi _masz2-szu-gid2-gid2_
6. _dumu_ {d}utu-ba-ni
7. _in-szi-in-sa10_
8. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
9. _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar_
10. u3 _igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar si-bi_
11. isz-ku-un
12. a-na ba-aq-ri-szu
13. ki-ma s,i-im-da-at szar-ri
reverse
1. iz-za#-a#-az
single ruling
2. _igi_ {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni _dub-sar erin2_
3. _igi_ ARAD-e2-gi6-par _ugula gidri_
4. _igi_ gur-ru-du _dumu_ dumu-{i7}buranun-na
5. _igi#_ ib-ni-{d}suen# _dumu_ i3-li2-isz-me-a-ni
single ruling
rest broken
seal 1
1. ARAD-e2-[gi6-par]
2. _dumu#_ {d}suen-[...]
3. ARAD {d}[...]
4. u3 {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
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 097131
Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0185

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2021-11-08 at 14:24:49	Woestenburg, Els	Atf	Woestenburg, Els		CDLI	approved
2021-09-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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The British Museum Collection (W_1902-1011-185) (W_1902-1011-185)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 097131 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P524814.

BM 097131 artifact entry (No. P524814). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524814 (Original work published 2021)

BM 097131 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524814 (Accessed: January 11, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 097131 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524814},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524814},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P524814
LB  - CDLI:P524814
M1  - 2026/1/11/
TI  - BM 097131 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524814
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 097131 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P524814.

BM 097131 artifact entry (No. P524814). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524814 (Original work published 2021)

BM 097131 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524814 (Accessed: January 11, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 097131 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524814},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524814},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P524814
LB  - CDLI:P524814
M1  - 2026/1/11/
TI  - BM 097131 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524814
ER  -