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)
(none)	(none)	1928,1009.460	(none)	(none)
7798	(none)	1928,1009.5	(none)	Clay cone Large fragment =Siniddinam V 2900 (variants) HC.28
7777A	(none)	1928,1009.7	(none)	[A] Clay cone. Sumuilum. cf. U.6955 (many variants) [B] Another fragment with same text. HC.23.
7777B	(none)	1928,1009.8	(none)	[A] Clay cone. Sumuilum. cf. U.6955 (many variants) [B] Another (fragment) with same text. HC.23.
(none)	(none)	1929,1017.748	(none)	(none)
16770	(none)	1931,1010.294	(none)	Copper pan. Type _. [drawing]
16429	(none)	1931,1010.431	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female with hands to breasts. Moulded. Poor impression but retaining traces of pink paint on forehead between breasts & in lines of body.
17221	19311010.54	1931,1010.535	(none)	Clay vessel. Fragment. Inscribed Ur-^d Iskur, under the following symbol.
(none)	(none)	1931,1010.542	(none)	(none)
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]
18628	(none)	1933,1013.10	(none)	Copper statuette of a woman standing with hands roun in the attitude of prayer: her hair is done in a heavy shignon and she wears a long flounced dress. In catalog. [drawing]
(none)	(none)	1935,0112.17	(none)	(none)
18744	(none)	1935,0112.75, 1935,0112.76	(none)	Clay tablet. One corner missing.
8806E	(none)	1948,0423.226	(none)	[A-Q] Tablets. Business. 17 tablets. [R-AB] 11 fragments. dates on small tablets: (A) Dungi 36, (B) Dungi 37, (C) Dungi 41 (D) Dungi 54, (E) Mu-us-sa-bi. A: cf.U.7827 ppp?, F: cf.U.8810 F?
16057B	(none)	1953,0411.100	(none)	[A-C] 3 Clay Tablets. In envelopes. (A) mu-us-sa-za(.) -bi i-si-in-na ba-an-ku. ; UET/V:227 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16826X	(none)	1953,0411.102	(none)	[Card Missing]
16830T	(none)	1953,0411.103	(none)	[Card Missing]
16830G	(none)	1953,0411.107	(none)	[Card Missing]
16827D	(none)	1953,0411.108	(none)	[Card Missing]
6711	(none)	1953,0411.111	(none)	Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated Samsuiluna year 10th. When the army of I-da-ma-ra-az.
(none)	(none)	1953,0411.114	(none)	[Field number not known or not assigned]
6315	(none)	1953,0411.118	(none)	Clay contract tablet. 11th year of Sanisuiluna. Concerning the hired labor of Sinadinaplim (and) Sin-lipir. Given that in Karraiski their work has not been (done), Ibi-Ninshubur, the assessor has seized Sinlipir, and has ordered Sinliper to leave saying: what the hired men will leave bricks, wood, flour, grain and silver, what the hired men in their daily allowance have not found good, against Sinlipir, for the damage of the hired men will remain when he leaves. Two witnesses. Month of Tammuz - the 9th. Year when the king Samsuiluna destroyed the great walls of Ur and Larsa H.C.
7827X	(none)	1953,0411.122	(none)	Tablets. Contracts and accounts of Larsa - Bab I period. (cf. also U.7832). Dates: (A) Sumuilum 1; (B) Sumuilum 1; (C) Rim-Sin 49; (D) Samsuiluna, etc. (M) (N) lists of names. many fragments: p.p.p.) fragments of one large tablet cf. U.7836W (or 8806A); t.t.) seem to belong together; Q) seal impression; S) contract with many fragments of its envelope (with seal impression); W) cf. U.7832L; X) cf. U.7832B.
16827H	(none)	1953,0411.146	(none)	[Card Missing]
16591	(none)	1953,0411.150	(none)	Clay tablet. Date: year Isin was conquered for the fourth time. Rim-Sin [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]

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Locations: Old Babylonian Export: JSON - XML - CSV

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 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)
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 IV	Excavation designation in area AH mostly covering No. 1 Old Street but likely containing parts of No. 7 Church Lane as well.	(none)