JCS 11, 077-078 33 (P523853)

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 Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1890.— ?

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

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

envelope
obverse
1. _3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3_ {d}ku5-ba#-ni{ki}
2. qa2-du-um _1(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ha-la_ ah-ha-ti-szu-nu
3. i-ta _a-sza3_ be-el-szu-nu
4. u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
5. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam i7 zimbir{ki}_
6. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam_ qe2-er-bi-tum
7. _2/3(disz) sar#_ 5(disz) gin2 e2 zimbir{ki}_
8. _1(disz) 1/2(disz) sar e2_ {d}ku5-ba-ni{ki}
9. _1(disz) amar mu 3(asz) 1(disz) ab2 mu 2(asz)_
10. _1(disz) {na4}ur5 dabin_
11. mi-im-ma an-nu-u2 _ha-la_ {d}en-lil2-ba-ni
12. sza it-ti sig-an-nu-ni-tum {disz}ku-ub-bu-tum
13. {disz}be-el-szu-nu {disz}dingir-szu-ba-ni
14. {disz}ri-mu-um u3 {d}marduk-na-s,i-ir
15. i-zu-zu zi-zu ga-am-ru
16. li#-ib-ba-szu#-[nu t,a]-ab#
reverse
1. isz-tu pi-e a-di _ku3-sig17_
2. _u4 kur2-sze3_ a-hu-um a-na a-hi#-im
3. _inim nu-ga2-ga2-a_
4. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
5. u3 sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal_ it-mu-u2
  single ruling
6. _igi_ da-du-sza _dumu_ a-hu-um
7. _igi_ t,a-ri-du-um ra-bi-a-nu-um
8. _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ ip-qu2-{d}sza-la
9. _igi_ a-na-tum _dumu_ {d}suen-a-bu-szu
10. _igi_ {d}utu-na-s,i-ir _dub-sar_
  single ruling
11. _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam_
12. _mu us2-sa us2-sa-a-bi a2-ag2-ga2 {d}en-lil2_
seal 1
1. da-du-sza
2. _dumu_ a-hu-um
3. ARAD sza {d}suen#
seal 2
1. [...]
2. dumu gi-mil-{d}utu
3. ARAD {d}gibil6
seal 3
  (uninscribed)
seal 4
  (uninscribed)
seal 5
  (uninscribed)
seal 6
1. {d}nin-pirig
2. sukkal-mah e2-kam
3. e2-babbar2 si sa2-de3
4. gidri ku3 szu-du7
seal 7
1'. [...]
2'. [...]

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 Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: JCS 11 (pp. 77-78), 77-078 no. 33

    [Goetze1957TextsFragments31-34] Goetze, Albrecht. 1957. “Texts and Fragments (31-34).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 11 (3): 77–78. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359013.

  • history: JAOS 27, 135-141 (seals)

    [Lyon1906JAOS27] Lyon, David G. 1906. “The Seal Impressions on an Early Babylonian Contract (Harvard Semitic Museum, No. 109).” Journal of the American Oriental Society 27: 135–41.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 323-324

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1890.— ?
  • Accession No.: 00109

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-04 at 18:42:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-14 at 09:53:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2021-08-01 at 13:33:29 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2021-08-01 at 13:27:07 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2021-08-01 at 13:16:34 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2021-07-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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    There is no external resource for this artifact yet.

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“JCS 11, 077-078 33 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 4, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P523853.
JCS 11, 077-078 33 artifact entry (No. P523853). (2024, August 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P523853 (Original work published 2021)
JCS 11, 077-078 33 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P523853 (Accessed: September 20, 2024).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 4},
	title = {JCS 11, 077-078 33 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P523853},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P523853},
}


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