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)
6714	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Contract. Dated (Ist Babylonian or larsa?) When E-su-hukina was taken H.C.
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]
16096	52-30-158, 52-30-157	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Date: mu gis tukul ba-an-sig UET/V:397 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16512	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Date: mu-us-sa 6-kam i-si-in-na ba-dib-ba Rim-Sin. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16056	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Fragment [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
7705	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Fragment of contract. Dated = Sumuilum 5. cf. &.8810 G.H.? HC.7.
16099	(none)	1953,0411.58	(none)	Clay tablet. Fragment. UET/V:68 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
17210	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Incomplete. Sumerian grammatical text-bilingual verb-paradigms. [CARD MISSING: information from later typed transcript]
18744	(none)	1935,0112.75, 1935,0112.76	(none)	Clay tablet. One corner missing.
6711	(none)	1953,0411.111	(none)	Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated Samsuiluna year 10th. When the army of I-da-ma-ra-az.
6395	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated. Sumuilu year 15th. H.C.
6394	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated. Sumuilu year 16th. H.C.
6396	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated. Sumuilu year 29th. H.C.
6387	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated. Sumuilu year 3rd. H.C.
6388	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated. Sumuilu year 3rd. H.C.
6390	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Receipt. Dated. Sumuilu year 4th. H.C.
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.
16036	52-30-112, 52-30-112	(none)	(none)	Clay Tablet. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16575	(none)	1953,0411.93	(none)	Clay Tablet. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16825	52-30-59	(none)	(none)	Clay Tablets. Babylonian letter. [Card Missing: information from later typed transcript]
17818B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablets. Two, circular (both broken) [A-B]
17221	19311010.54	1931,1010.535	(none)	Clay vessel. Fragment. Inscribed Ur-^d Iskur, under the following symbol.
984A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Complete tablet, top edge broken. 3 + 3 lines. Dated. Reign of Bur-Sin(?)
709	(none)	(none)	(none)	Complete tablet. Dated.See U.708.
933	(none)	(none)	(none)	Complete tablet. Obverse 7 lines, badly preserved. Reverse dated. (Year after) the temple of Nannar NI(?IR).ZA.KI, year after that) 16th year Sumu-ilum, king of Larsa. See U 924

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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)