Care of the Elderly 078-079 (P524960)

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 097544

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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tablet
obverse
1. {disz}szu-mi-er-s,e-tim
2. {disz}i-bi-ia-tum
3. e-me-su2-u2
4. a-di ba-al-t,a3-at
5. i-pi2-ir-szi
6. li-ib-ba-sza u2-<sza>-am-s,i-i-ma#
7. _iti 1(disz)-kam 2(barig) sze_
8. i-na-di-isz-szi
9. s,u2-ba-ta-su2 u2-la-ab-ba-asz
reverse
1. _igi_ {d}suen-ma-gir
2. _igi_ {d}utu-na-s,ir
3. _igi_ e-ta-am-szi-a
4. _igi_ a-da-ia-tum
5. _igi_ {d}utu-ha-zi-ir
  single ruling
6. _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 1(disz)-kam_
7. _mu gu-za nesag-ga2_

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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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  • primary: Care of the Elderly p.59-117, p. 78-79

    [Stol1998elderly] Stol, Marten. 1998. “Care of the Elderly in Mesopotamia in the Old Babylonian Period.” In The Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming, 59–117. Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Volume 14. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill.

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  • Museum No.: BM 097544
  • Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0598

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2021-09-11 at 08:03:08 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2021-09-09 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Care of the Elderly 078-079 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P524960.
Care of the Elderly 078-079 artifact entry (No. P524960). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P524960 (Original work published 2021)
Care of the Elderly 078-079 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P524960 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P524960},
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