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BDHP 16 (P510397)

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 080332

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(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 ab-sin2_
2. _a-gar3_ bu-sza
3. _a-sza3_ ib-ni-{d}sze-rum _aga-us2_
4. _sza3 erin2_ isz-me-{d}iszkur
5. _ki_ ib-ni-{d}sze-rum be-el _a-sza3_
6. {disz}dumu-u4-2(u)-kam _ugula mar-tu_
7. u3 a-lu-u2 _dumu_ ip-qu2-an-nu-ni-tum!
8. _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim
9. a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _tab-ba_
10. a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam ib2-ta-e3-mesz_
11. a-wi-lum ma-la a-wi-lim
12. ma-na-ah-tam a-na _a-sza3_
13. i-sza-ak-ka-nu
14. _u4 buru14-sze3_
15. _a-sza3_ a-na pi2 szu-ul-pi2-szu
16. i-sza-ad-da-du-ma
reverse
1. _1(bur3) 1(disz)-e 6(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu
2. _gu2-un a-sza3 i3-ag2-e-mesz_
3. u3 ma-na-ah-ta-szu-nu i-pa-lu-ma
4. sze-am ba-szi-a-am
5. mi-it-ha-ri-isz i-zu-zu
single ruling
6. _igi_ tam-la-tum _lu2 abul dumu_ be-el-szu-nu
7. _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni
single ruling
8. _iti_ NE-NE-gar u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam_
9. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e {uruda}du8 mah x gal-gal-la_
seal 1
1. ib#-ni-{d}[...]
2. dumu e-tel-pi4#-[...]
3. ARAD# {d}[...]
(with caption:)
1'. _kiszib3_ dumu-u4-2(u)-kam
seal 2
(uninscribed, with two captions:)
1. _kiszib3_ tam-la-tum
2. _kiszib3_ sin-i-din-nam

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

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BDHP, 16

[Waterman1916BDHP] Waterman, Leroy. 1916. Business Documents of the Hammurapi Period from the British Museum. London: Luzac & Co.
history: Tradition und Neubeginn II, no. 336

[Colbow2002Tradition] Colbow, Gudrun. 2002. Tradition Und Neubeginn. Eine Ausführliche Bearbeitung Der Spätbabylonischen Abrollungen Aus Sippar Und Ihres Beitrags Zur Glyptik Der Kassiten. Band 2. Katalog Und Abbildungen. München, Wien: Profil Verlag.

(seals)
history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1720

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 080332
Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0469

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ammi-saduqa.14.05.14
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

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

External Resources

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The British Museum Collection (W_1891-0509-469)

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“BDHP 16 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510397.

BDHP 16 artifact entry (No. P510397). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510397 (Original work published 2018)

BDHP 16 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510397 (Accessed: December 14, 2024).

@misc{2023BDHP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-12-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BDHP 16 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510397},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510397},
}

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ER  -

“BDHP 16 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510397.

BDHP 16 artifact entry (No. P510397). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510397 (Original work published 2018)

BDHP 16 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510397 (Accessed: December 14, 2024).

@misc{2023BDHP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-12-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BDHP 16 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510397},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510397},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510397
LB  - CDLI:P510397
M1  - 2024/12/14/
TI  - BDHP 16 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510397
ER  -

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