BDHP 56 (P510432)

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 080536

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] {d}lugal-gu2-du8-a
2'. sza# {d}iszkur-ma-lik
3'. a-na be-te-tum i-di-nu
4'. a-di ba-al-t,a2-at
5'. usz-sza-ab-ma
6'. u2-ul-li-isz
7'. _e2_ {d}iszkur-ma-lik-ma
8'. _igi_ {d}suen-a-bu-szu
9'. _dumu_ mu-da-du-um
10'. _igi_ nu-ur2-{d}gibil6
11'. _dumu_ sa3-si-ia
reverse
1. _igi_ i-lu-na-ki-ri _dumu_ qi2-isz
2. _igi_ puzur4-isz8-tar2
3. _dumu_ i3-li2-an-dul3
4. _igi_ sin-ib-ni _dumu_ ku-ba-tum
5. _igi_ na-ra-am-{d}marduk
6. _dumu_ ri-isz-er3-[ra]
7. _igi_ sza-ma-ia-tum#
8. _dumu_ ma-s,i2-a-tum x [x?]
9. _igi_ dingir-gin-la-an-[ni]
10. _dumu_ s,i2-li2-[...]
11. _igi_ li-pi2-[it-...]
  rest broken

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
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
  • Language(s):

  • primary: BDHP, 56

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

  • history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1738

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

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 38

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 080536
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0674

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2021-07-14 at 20:35:34 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. 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 56 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510432.
BDHP 56 artifact entry (No. P510432). (2024, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510432 (Original work published 2018)
BDHP 56 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510432 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
@misc{2024BDHP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {BDHP 56 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510432},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510432},
}


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