CT 06, pl. 30, Bu 1891-05-09, 0421 (P365144)

Business / Contracts 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 080285

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (adoption)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _ibila-sze3_ hu-nu-ub-tum
 ts: ana aplūt ḫu(n)nubtum
 en: Concerning the inheritance of Ḫunnubtum,
2. la-ma-si2-i3#
 ts: lama(s)sī
 en: Lamassī
3. re-di-it wa-ar-ka-ti-sza
 ts: rēdīt warkatīša
 en: is the heiress of her legacy.
  Suurmeijer reads: -sza at end of next line, copy omits
4. _1(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_
 ts: ištēn ebel šinā ikû eqlum
 en: A field of 8 IKU
5. i-na na-gu-um
 ts: ina nagûm
 en: in the Nagûm (district);
6. _e2 du3-a_ sza zimbir{ki}
 ts: bītum epšum ša sippir
 en: a built house plot in Sippar,
7. sza {d}nin-szubur#-en-nam
 ts: ša ilabrat-ennam
 en: of Ilabrat-ennam;
8. _e2 du3-a_ sza ga-gu-um
 ts: bītum epšum ša gagûm
 en: a built house plot in (lit. of) the cloister;
9. ma-la ma-s,u2-u2
 ts: mala maṣû
 en: as much as is available,
10. bu-szu-sza u3 wa-ar-ka-sa6
 ts: būšûša u warka(s)sa
 en: her inherited property and her personal possessions,
11. sza hu-nu-ub-tum
 ts: ša ḫu(n)nubtum
 en: it is Ḫunnubtum's.
12. ma-la i-ba-asz-szu
 ts: mala ibaššû
 en: All that there is,
13. isz-tu pe2-e a-di _ku3-sig17_
 ts: ištu pê adi ḫurāṣim
 en: everything (lit. from chaff to gold)
14. sza la-ma-si2-ma
 ts: ša lama(s)sīma
 en: belongs exclusively to Lamassī.
15. mi-im-ma an-ni-im
 ts: mimma annîm
 en: All this,
16. {disz}hu-nu-ub-tum _ama#-[a-ni_]
 ts: ḫu(n)nubtum ummaša
 en: Ḫunnubtum her mother
17. a-na la-ma-[si2 ...]
 ts: ana lama(s)sī ...
 en: to Lamassī ...
18. _dumu-munus-a-ni_ bu-sze-[e ...]
 ts: mārtīša būšê
 en: her daughter, the property ...
reverse
1. i-di-in [a]-di#?
 ts: i(d)din adi
 en: has given. As long as
2. ba-al-t,a3-at [...]
 ts: balṭat ...
 en: (Lamassī) lives ...
  See Suurmeijer diss. p. 515.
3. i-ka-al x [...]
 ts: i(k)kal ...
 en: she will have the usufruct ...;
4. _a-sza3 u3 e2_ i-na
 ts: eqlum u bītum ina
 en: the field and the house, in
5. qa-ti la#-ma#-si2-ma
 ts: qāti lama(s)sīma
 en: the hand of Lamassī alone
6. i-ba-asz-szi
 ts: ibašši
 en: will remain.
7. _ibila_ la-ma-si2
 ts: apil lama(s)sī
 en: The heir of Lamassī
8. {disz}dingir-szu-i-bi-szu
 ts: ilšu-i(b)bīšu
 en: is Ilšu-ibbīšu (and)
9. i-sza-x-szi u3 i-pa-qi2-si2
 ts: išalši (?) u ipa(q)qi(s)si
 en: he will look after (?) her and provide her with food.
  x not AL (Stol), not KA (Klima), not LA (Schorr); CAD P, 125f reads AL
10. _mu_ {d}utu u3 su2-mu-la-el3
 ts: nīš šamaš u sumu-la-el
 en: (By) the name of Šamaš and Sumu-la-el (they have sworn).
11. sza a-wa-at _dub_
 ts: ša awat ṭuppim
 en: Whoever the wording of this (from next line) tablet
12. an-ni-im u2-na-ka-ru
 ts: annîm una(k)karu
 en: alters (is cursed).
13. _igi_ {d}utu-tab-ba-szu
 ts: maḫar šamaš-tappâšu
 en: Before Šamaš-tappâšu;
14. _igi_ bur-nu-nu
 ts: maḫar būr-nunu
 en: before Būr-nunu;
15. _igi_ {d}utu-sug!-a-ni!-szi
 ts: maḫar šamaš-suga-nīši
 en: before Šamaš-suga-nīši;
16. _igi_ {d}da-mu-gal-zu
 ts: maḫar damu-galzu
 en: before Damu-galzu;
17. _igi_ {d}mar-tu-ba-ni
 ts: maḫar amurru-bānī
 en: before Amurru-bānī;
18. _igi_ puzur4-{d}gibil6
 ts: maḫar puzur-girru
 en: before Puzur-girru;
19. _igi_ be-le-su2-nu
 ts: maḫar bēle(s)sunu
 en: before Bēlessunu;
20. _igi_ la-ma-si2
 ts: maḫar lama(s)sī
 en: before Lamassī;
21. _igi_ ru-ba-tum
 ts: maḫar rubatum
 en: before Rubātum;
22. _igi_ ku-mu-s,i2-li
 ts: maḫar kumu-ṣi(l)li
 en: before Kumu-ṣilli;
left
column 1
1. _igi_ {d}a-a-tal-lik
 ts: maḫar ayya-tallik
 en: before Ayya-tallik;
2. _igi_ hu-ra-sa3-tum
 ts: maḫar ḫurāṣatum
 en: before Ḫurāṣatum;
3. _igi_ na-ru-ub-tum
 ts: maḫar narubtum
 en: before Narubtum;
column 2
1. _igi_ sza-at-ku-bi
 ts: maḫar šāt-kūbi
 en: before Šāt-kūbi;
2. _igi_ na-asz-pa-tum
 ts: maḫar našpatum
 en: before Našpatum;
3. _igi_ nig2-kal-la
 ts: maḫar nig-kalla
 en: before Nig-kalla;
4. _igi_ la-ma-si2
 ts: maḫar lama(s)sī
 en: before Lamassī;
5. _igi_ sza-at-{d}utu
 ts: maḫar šāt-šamaš
 en: before Šāt-šamaš;
column 3
1. _igi_ ma-na-a
 ts: maḫar ma(n)naya
 en: before Mannaya;
2. _igi_ ha-an-ba-ti-ia
 ts: maḫar ḫanbatiya
 en: before Ḫanbatiya.

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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CT 6, 30a

    [Pinches1898CT6] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1898. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 6. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: OLA 109, p. 153

    [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: HG 3, n. 675

    [Kohler1909HG3] Kohler, Josef, and Arthur Ungnad. 1909. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band III: Übersetzte Urkunden, Erläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 113-114

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

  • citation: Care of the Elderly p.59-117, p. 105

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 080285
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0421

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2024-10-20 at 17:21:44 Guidi, Carlo Artifact Guidi, Carlo Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2024-10-20 at 17:15:53 Guidi, Carlo Translation 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 07:53:06 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-08-19 at 21:18:56 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2021-07-31 at 14:09:08 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
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“CT 06, Pl. 30, Bu 1891-05-09, 0421 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365144.
CT 06, pl. 30, Bu 1891-05-09, 0421 artifact entry (No. P365144). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365144 (Original work published 2007)
CT 06, pl. 30, Bu 1891-05-09, 0421 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365144 (Accessed: December 9, 2024).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
	title = {CT 06, pl. 30, {Bu} 1891-05-09, 0421 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365144},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365144},
}


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