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)
6395	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated. Sumuilu year 15th. H.C.
6396	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated. Sumuilu year 29th. H.C.
6710	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Accounts. Dated (Larsa) mu ugnim ( ) ma-ud-de ( ) Seal of Lu dnimsun, ab-a-ab-da, son of Sin-idin-na(m). H.C.
6714	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Contract. Dated (Ist Babylonian or larsa?) When E-su-hukina was taken H.C.
6740	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of Clay Cone of Enannatum. To Babbar for the life of Gungunu Col. 1-11. 5-11. H.C.
6743A	(none)	(none)	B16543A	[A-E] Bricks of Enannatum. The usual stamp (U.2569) has a variant 1.2: En-sal-me-nunuz-zid dNannar. the pure zirru priest of Nannar (cf. SAKI. P.206 note [illegible]) One 1/2 to B. 4 wholes to B.
6958	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of a 2 column clay tablet. Chronological list of the kings of Larsa :Sin-eribam, Sin-igisham, Silli-Adad, 2nd Warad-Sin's five years of reign. Probably down to Samsuilina king of Babylon. H.C.
6973	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of clay cone. King of Larsa (?) Incomplete. Same as U.3267, U.6310. H.C. E.
6975	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Receipt: 15 gur of barley. Dated Rim-Sin. Seal of Si-li-Shamash son of Rim-Sin, Shamash simasu servant of Shamash.
7000	(none)	(none)	B16309	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion attacked by two heroes - (like Gilgamesh) 2 posts (supports for emblems)
7038A	(none)	(none)	(none)	No catalog card exists for this object: U.7033-U.7064 were duplicated with the duplicates assigned to tablets from Season 5. They were originally part of U.7839, a large group of tablets found in Area SM (Jacobsen AJA 57:128). They were later given individual numbers that were believed to fall between Seasons 4 and 5, but ended up duplicating numbers assigned to objects from Season 4. The duplicates have been given the subletter A (or additional subletter where multiple objects were indicated on the original card) in this database while the original object from the catalog card retains the number without subletter (or the original subletters assigned on the card).
7080A	(none)	(none)	(none)	No catalog card exists for this object: U.7070-U.7145 were duplicated with the duplicates assigned to tablets from Season 4 found in areas KP, EH, and possibly HT (Jacobsen AJA 57:128). The duplicates have been given the subletter A in this database while the original object from the catalog card retains the number without subletter (unless the original catalog card held multiple objects, in which case those are given appropriate subletters and the tablet takes the next in the sequence).
7136	(none)	(none)	B16433	Bowl. Bronze. Mouth chipped. Oval shaped. Cf. U.7135. E. [drawing 1:2]
7700	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay seal impression. Roughly cube-shaped lump with beginning of same inscription on each face. cf. U.6360, doubtless seal of son of present Sinikisan who had same name as his grandfather Ilusu-ibisa. Date = Hammurabi. HC.3
7705	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Fragment of contract. Dated = Sumuilum 5. cf. &.8810 G.H.? HC.7.
7718	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Business document. Dated to 1st year of Sin-mu-ilum.
7723	(none)	(none)	(none)	Brick. En-an-na-tum = U.6743 ? but different measure.
7725	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. cf. &.7736 and 7756 (26 whole)
7727	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Nearly perfect. Accounts... Hammurabi
7728	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Copy of a dedication by Idin Dagan (list of tablets of this class: Ur Nammu 7746; Ibi Sin 7737; Idin Dagan 7728, 7757; Kudur Mabug 7733, 7743; Rim Sin 7734, 7747, 7749, 7751, 7760?; Warad-Sn 7732).
7729	52-30-211	(none)	(none)	Tablet. With figures. cf. 7726.
7731	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Table of cubic roots from 1 to 60 (broken) e.g. 12167 -e 23 ba-di-e.
7732	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Dedication? of Warad?-Sin. cf. 7728.
7736	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Contents similar to U.7725 and 7756.
7737	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. 3 dedications of Ibi-Sin (cf. U.7728) HC.74.

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Context Title	Context Description	Description (Modern)
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 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)