CT 45, 011 (P285697)

Inheritance Documents 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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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 092610

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Family > Inheritance Documents

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Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
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1'. _ibila#_ hu#-szu#-[tum ...]
 ts: aplut ḫu(š)šutum
 en: the inheritance of Ḫuššutum
2'. _dumu-munus_ qa2-ra-su-mu-ia _lukur {d}utu_
 ts: mārat qara'-šumuya nadīt šamaš
 en: daughter of Qara'-šumuya nadītu of Šamaš;
3'. {disz}e-ri-isz-tum _dumu-munus_ ARAD-{d}utu <re-di-it wa-ar-ka-ti-sza>
 ts: erištum mārat warad-šamaš rēdīt warkatīša
 en: Erištum daughter of Warad-šamaš is the heir of her estate.
4'. _1/2(disz) sar e2 du3-a_
 ts: mišil mūšar bītum epšum
 en: A built house plot of half a mūsar
5'. i-na ga-gi-im
 ts: ina gagîm
 en: in the cloister,
6'. i-ta nig2-{d}utu
 ts: itā nig-utu
 en: next to (the property of) Nig-utu
7'. _dumu-munus_ ur-{d}ne-su-na
 ts: mārat ur-nesuna
 en: daughter of Ur-nesuna
8'. u3 i-ta ar-wi-tum
 ts: u itā arwītum
 en: and next to (the property of) Arwītum
9'. _dumu-munus_ i3-li2-ba-ni
 ts: mārat ilī-bānī
 en: daughter of Ilī-bānī,
10'. u3 bu-szu-sza
 ts: u būšuša
 en: and her movable goods
11'. sza ga-gi-im
 ts: ša gagîm
 en: of the cloister,
12'. ma-la ba-szu-u2
 ts: mala bašû
 en: as many as there are,
13'. sza e-ri-isz-tum-ma
 ts: ša erištumma
 en: are of Erištum.
14'. mi-im-ma an-ni-im
 ts: mimma annîm
 en: All this
15'. hu-szu-tum um-ma-sza
 ts: ḫu(š)šutum ummaša
 en: Ḫuššutum her mother
16'. a-na e-ri-isz-tum
 ts: ana erištum
 en: to Erištum,
17'. _dumu-munus_ ARAD-{d}utu
 ts: mārat warad-šamaš
 en: daughter of Warad-šamaš,
18'. ma-ar-ti-sza _lukur_ {d}utu
 ts: martīša nadīt šamaš
 en: her (adoptive) daughter, the nadītu of Šamaš,
19'. i-di-in
 ts: i(d)din
 en: has given.
reverse
1. {disz}sin-ma-gi-ir _szesz-a-ni_
 ts: sîn-māgir aḫūša
 en: Sîn-māgir her brother
2. a-pil e-ri-isz-tum
 ts: apil erištum
 en: is the heir of Erištum.
3. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
 ts: nīš šamaš ayya marduk
 en: (By) the name of Šamaš, Ayya, Marduk
4. u3 _mu_ a-pil-sin it-ma
 ts: u nīš apil-sîn itmâ
 en: and (by) the name of Apil-sîn, she has sworn.
5. sza pi4 _dub_ an-ni-im u2-na-ka-ru#
 ts: ša pî ṭuppi annîm una(k)karu
 en: Whoever alters the wording of this tablet (is cursed).
6. _1(asz) 1(barig) gur sze-ba 6(disz) sila3 i3-ba_
 ts: ištēn kur ištēn pān ipram šeššet qa piššatam
 en: 360 litres of barley rations, 6 litres of oil allotment,
7. _6(disz) ma-na siki-ba_
 ts: šeššet manā lubūšam
 en: 6 minas of clothing allowance,
8. _6(disz)_ i-si-ni _1(disz)_ ninda 3(disz) uzu_ i-na-di-in
 ts: šeššet isi(n)nī ištēn akalam šalāšat šīrī ina(d)din
 en: 6 food portions (consisting of) 1 bread and 3 (cuts of) meat will give
9. u3 a-di hu-szu-tum ba-al-t,a3-at
 ts: u adi ḫu(š)šutum balṭat
 en: and as long as Ḫuššutum lives
10. e-ri-isz-tum ma-ra-sa3
 ts: erištum mara(s)sa
 en: Erištum her daughter
11. i-pa-la-ah-szi
 ts: ipalaḫši
 en: will serve her
12. u3 sza pi4 _dub_ an-ni-im
 ts: u ša pî ṭuppi annîm
 en: and what is (written) on this tablet,
13. [a-di] ba#-al-t,a3-at
 ts: adi balṭat
 en: as long as she lives
14. [ma-ra]-sa3 a-na hu-szu-tum i-na mu-ru
 ts: mara(s)sa ana ḫu(š)šutum ina muru
 en: her daughter to Ḫuššutum
15. [...] x-na-di-szi-im
 ts: ina(d)di(š)šim (?)
 en: will give to her.
16. [_igi_ ARAD]-sin _sanga igi_ szamu-uh2-sin _sanga_
 ts: maḫār warad-sîn sangê maḫar šamuḫ-sîn sangê
 en: Before Warad-sîn chief administrator; before Šamuḫ-sîn chief administrator;
17. [_igi_ {d}iszkur]-re-me-ni
 ts: maḫar adad-rēmēni
 en: before Adad-rēmēni;
18. [_igi_ {d}nin]-szubur#-ma-an-szum2 _ugula lukur {d}utu_
 ts: maḫar ilabrat-manšum akil nadiāt šamaš
 en: before Ilabrat-manšum overseer of the nadītus;
19. [_igi_ na-ra-am-i3]-li2-szu _dumu_ isz-me-sin
 ts: maḫar naram-ilīšu mār išme-sîn
 en: before Naram-ilīšu son of Išme-sîn;
20. [_igi_ ...] ma#-ia-tum
 ts: maḫar ... mayatum
 en: before ... Mayatum;
21. [_igi_ ...] x pa
 ts: maḫar ...
 en: before ...;
left
1. [_igi_ in]-na-ba-tum _dumu-munus_ bur-sin _igi_ {d}a-a-SA-KA _dumu-munus_ ha-an-ha-nu
 ts: maḫar innabatum mārat būr-sîn maḫar ayya-šaga mārat ḫanḫanu
 en: before Innabatum daughter of Būr-sîn; before Ayya-šaga daughter of Ḫanḫanu;
2. [_igi_ ...]-ba#-tum _dumu-munus_ ib-ni-er3-ra _igi_ geme2-{d}utu _munus-dub-sar_
 ts: maḫar ... mārat ibni-erra maḫār amat-šamaš ṭupšarratim
 en: before ... daughter of Ibni-erra; before Amat-šamaš the female scribe.
3. [_mu ...] bad3#_ ka-ar-{d}utu sza a-ah i-di-iq-la-at a-pil-sin _ba-du3_
 ts: Šanat dūr kār-šamaš ša aḫ idiglat apil-sîn ipuš
 en: The year: "Apil-sîn built the wall of Kār-šamaš on the bank of the Tigris”.
right
1. _igi_ a-li2-a-bu-sza
 ts: maḫar ali-abuša
 en: Before Ali-abuša in (the city of ?) Muru,
  Last two words from rev. 14 (so Stol p. 110 n. 214).
2. _dumu-munus_ qa2-ra-su-mu-ia
 ts: mārat qara'-šumuya
 en: daughter of Qara'-šumuya;
3. _igi_ ku-mu-s,i2-li
 ts: maḫar kumu-ṣili
 en: before Kumu-ṣili.

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  • primary: CT 45, 11

    [Pinches1964CT45] Pinches, Theophilus G. (dup.). 1964. Old-Babylonian Business Documents. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, Part 45. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: OLA 109, p. 61

    [Goddeeris2002economy] Goddeeris, Anne. 2002. Economy and Society in Northern Babylonia in the Early Old Babylonian Period (ca. 2000 - 1800 BC). Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 109. Leuven: Peeters.

  • history: Care of the Elderly p.59-117, p. 109-111

    [Stol1998elderly] Stol, Marten. 1998. “Care of the Elderly in Mesopotamia in the Old Babylonian Period.” In The Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming, 59–117. Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Volume 14. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 160-161

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 092610
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0275

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-22 at 14:58:19 Guidi, Carlo Artifact Guidi, Carlo Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2024-06-22 at 14:50:50 Guidi, Carlo Atf Guidi, Carlo Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-08-19 at 21:24:56 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2006-01-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CT 45, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 1, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P285697.
CT 45, 011 artifact entry (No. P285697). (2024, July 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P285697 (Original work published 2006)
CT 45, 011 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P285697 (Accessed: December 6, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-12-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 1},
	title = {CT 45, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P285697},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P285697},
}


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