Old Babylonian

Description:

The Old Babylonian Period describes southern Mesopotamia where a number of important sates dominated the region, including Isin, Larsa, Eshnuna, and Babylon. The sixth ruler of Babylon, Hamurabi, unified the southern states and expanded his control into north Mesopotamia. After his death, the empire gradually shrank, but remained an important power until it was sacked by the Hittite king Mursili I. During the Old Babylonian period, literary activity flourished with scribes composing and recording religious, poetic, and ‘scientific’ works in Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform. The state retained the Akkadian language for official use, and the Sumerian language for religious use, but Amorite was the spoken language. The earlier Akkadian and Sumerian traditions played a major role in Babylonian culture.

Ultra-Low Chronology: 1798-1499 BCE

Short/Low Chronology: 1830-1531 BCE

Middle Chronology: 1894-1595 BCE

Long/High Chronology: 1950-1651 BCE

Objects: Old Babylonian Export: JSON - XML - CSV

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
15025	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Sumuilum (fragment) =RIU 114
18768	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Upper part of stem only, with first section of text.
17230	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. (fragment) Sumu-ili; building of the Eginabtum. (Ur Inscription 114)
17844	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Fragment of a large cone (Larsa type)
17845	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Fragment of a large cone (Larsa type)
2637	(none)	1927,1003.39	(none)	Clay cone. Fragment of stem. Half of column II(?) Date ?? King of Larsa. Text: (x--) babbar Ab (ancient?) of E-Babbar / Fix destiny / decisions / --- / army of Larsa / may? / its food prosper / its good? / its harvester.. / be prosperous? H.C.
16047	(none)	1931,1010.7	(none)	Clay cone. Fragment. A few signs of the base left. Evidently an inscription of Nur-Ada. amking the revolt of Naid-Shamash at Ur, and his expulsion, for which see Ur Inscription III HC. 30/2, 1 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
3267	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Fragment. Construction - with the great cubit of Sin: - of the great outer wall (Kir-mah). King probably Larsa (Warad-Sin or Rim-Sin?) H.C.
6310	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Fragment. Inscription of a king of ISIN or LARSA. H.C.
187	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Large, fragment of upper part. Inscr.
10104	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cone. Sumuilum - U.6955 - U.7777 (10 lines, second line ends in Su-Du -another
7776C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Sumuilum. Fragment. Inscription nearly complete = variants of U.7772 (U.2634, etc.) (in last 3 lines) Another fragment of this type. With text on head complete. And a fragment of stem which may belong with preceding. HC.22.
10103G	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103F	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103H	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103I	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103J	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103K	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103L	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103M	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)

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Context Title	Context Description	Description (Modern)
House III	Excavation designation for a portion of area AH that was eventually published as No. 1 Church Lane and No. 1 Straight Street. It was also called the Pa-Sag or Hendur-Sag chapel. This space was identified as a neighborhood or wayside chapel at the NW edge of Carfax.	(none)
House IV	Excavation designation in area AH mostly covering No. 1 Old Street but likely containing parts of No. 7 Church Lane as well.	(none)
House II	Excavation house designation on the northwest side of Straight Street (originally called Division Street because it divided the initial excavation units of House I, II, and III). This unit may have initially contained some rooms in No. 3 Straight Street.	(none)
House I	Excavation house designation on the southeast side of Straight Street (originally called Division Street as it divided the first excavation house designations I, II, and III). This unit covered published houses No.2 and No. 4 Straight Street.	(none)