BDHP 29 (P510409)

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 080225

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

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ [...]
2. _ib2!-tak4! 6(disz) ma-na ku3#-[babbar ...]
3. _sam2 3(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_ [...]
4. sza _a-gar3_ GISZ GU4? SUM? ASZ HA#? x x (x)
5. i-na qa2-ti {d}a-a-ri-sza-at _lukur_ {d}utu
6. _dumu-munus_ dingir-szu-ib-ni
7. {disz}dingir-szu-ib-ni
8. {disz}{d}na-bi-um-ma-lik# x
9. _dumu-mesz_ ha-da-an-szu-li-ik-szu-ud
10. u3 {d}na-bi-um-la-ma-sa3-at ZU#?
11. _dumu_ gi-mil-{d}marduk
reverse
1. ma-ah-ru
  single ruling
2. _igi_ {d}utu-ba-ni _ugula dam-gar3-mesz_
3. _[igi_ {d}]suen#-i-din-nam _di-ku5_
4. _dumu_ i-bi-{d}suen
5. _igi_ ARAD-{d}suen _di-ku5 dumu_ i-bi-{d}utu
6. _igi_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _di-ku5 dumu_ lu2-{d}iszkur-ra
7. _igi_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am _dumu_ ta-ri-ba-tum
8. _igi_ {d}utu-na-s,i-ir
9. _dumu_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am
10. _igi_ da-du-sza _dumu_ ma!-an-[nu-um-ki-ma]-{d}iszkur
11. _igi_ ib-ni-{d}iszkur _dub-[sar]_
  single ruling
12. _iti du6-ku3 u4 2(u) 4(disz)-[kam]_
13. _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-[e] ad!-gi4-a gu-la {d}utu {d}marduk-bi-da-ke4#_
seal 1
1. <{d}>na-bi-um-ma#-[lik]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ha-da-an-szu-li#-[ik-szu-ud]
4. ARAD {d}na-bi-[um]
seal 2
1. [{d}na-bi-um-la-ma-sa3-szu]
2. x [...]
3. dumu gi-mil-{d}marduk#
4. ARAD {d}na-bi-um#
seal 3
1. i-bi-{d}suen
seal 4
1. i-bi-{d}[...]
2. dumu {d}suen-x-[...]
3. [...]
seal 5
1. [dingir]-szu-ba-[ni]
2. dumu lu2-{d}iszkur
3. ARAD {d}x-[...]
seal 6
  illegible
seal 7
1. {d}suen-[...]
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu {d}utu-[...]
4. ARAD {d}[...]
seal 8
1. x {d}[...]
seal 9
1. {d}utu-ba#-[ni]
2. ugula dam-gar3#
3. dumu a-wi-il-[...]
4. ARAD a-bi-[e-szu-uh]

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BDHP, 29

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

  • history: Akkadica 137, p.1-52, p. 24-25 no. 1

    [DeGraef2016advance-payments] De Graef, Katrien. 2016. “Many a Mickle Makes a Muckle. Advance Payments in the Ur-Utu Archive.” Akkadica 137: 1–52.

    (edition, collations & seals)

  • history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1455

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 080225
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0355

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
2018-10-04 at 00:16:57 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2018-10-04 at 00:08:36 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 29 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510409.
BDHP 29 artifact entry (No. P510409). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510409 (Original work published 2018)
BDHP 29 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510409 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
@misc{2023BDHP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BDHP 29 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510409},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510409},
}


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