BDHP 12 (P510393)

Legal tablet & envelope 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 082273

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_ i-na pa-hu-zum
2. i-ta dingir-szu-illat-su2 _dumu_ sin-sze-me
3. u3 i-ta ip-qu2-sza
4. _ki_ hu-szu-tum _lukur_ {d}utu
5. _dumu-munus_ {d}suen-pu-ut,-ra-am
6. {disz}i-din-{d}utu _dumu_ sig-er-s,e-tim
7. _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim
8. u2-sze-s,i2
9. _gu2-un a-sza3_-im
10. _1(u) 5(asz) sze gur_
11. i-na _{gesz}ban2_ {d}utu
reverse
1. i-na pi4 a-ap-tim _i3-ag2-e_
2. _5(disz) ezem {d}utu 2(ban2) zi3-da_
3. _1(disz) uzu_ i-pa-qi2-is-si2
4. _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ne-ba-ah
5. _a-sza3_ i-na-ad-di-in
  single ruling
6. _igi_ {d}a-a-ri-im-tum _dumu-munus_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
7. _igi_ hu-za-la-tum _dumu-munus_ na-ki-mu-um
8. _igi_ na-ra-am-ta-ni
9. _dumu-munus_ hu-za-tum
10. _igi_ geme2-{d}utu _dumu-munus_ i-din-{d}nin-szubur
11. _igi_ ni-id-nu-sza _dumu_ {d}utu-a-hi#
12. _igi_ mu-tap-lum x# (x) x#
13. _igi_ {d}nanna#-[...]
left
1. _mu {uruda}ki-lugal-gub#_
seal 1
  Teissier no. 23
1. {d}a-a-ri-im#-[tum]
2. dumu-munus {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
3. geme2 {d}utu {d}a-a
seal 2
  Teissier no. 25
1. e-ri-isz-{d}[utu]
2. dumu-munus {d}utu-na-s,ir#?
3. geme2 {d}a?-[a?]
seal 3
  Teissier no. 154
  (uninscribed)
seal 4
  Teissier no. 193
1. {d}utu {d}a-a
seal 5
  Teissier no. 305
  (uninscribed)
  (captions that each belongs to one of the above seals:)
1. _kiszib3#_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
2. _kiszib3_ mu-ta-ap-lu-um

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BDHP, 12

    [Waterman1916BDHP] Waterman, Leroy. 1916. Business Documents of the Hammurapi Period from the British Museum. London: Luzac & Co.

  • history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1688

    [Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

  • history: Iraq 60 (pp. 109-186), 109-186 (seals)

    [Teissier1998Iraq60] Teissier, Beatrice. 1998. “Sealing and Seals. Seal Impressions from the Reign of Hammurabi on Tablets from Sippar in the British Museum.” Iraq 60: 109–86.

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  • Museum No.: BM 082273
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 2373

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2022-06-22 at 09:32:10 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2022-06-21 at 17:11:12 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2018-06-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BDHP 12 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510393.
BDHP 12 artifact entry (No. P510393). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510393 (Original work published 2018)
BDHP 12 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510393 (Accessed: December 5, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BDHP 12 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510393},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510393},
}

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