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)
18793	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. One corner chipped.
18797	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. One corner chipped.
18799	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. With one line only of inscription.
18800	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Most of top broken away.
18813	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Corner chipped. Inscribed on one side only.
18843	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet.
18844	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Chipped at one corner, only 1 sign missing.
18877	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Unbaked.
18878	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cone, fragment of. Lower part of the stem and fragment of the surface of the base. Inscribed on base and stem.
18885	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. One side only inscribed. Intact.
18894	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cone, tip of stem of.
19241	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Grey steatite; straight-sided; inscribed; piece missing from rim.
17900B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Not assigned in field
17900D	(none)	1953,0411.267	(none)	Not assigned in field
17900E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Not assigned in field
17900N	(none)	(none)	(none)	Not assigned in field
17900O	(none)	(none)	(none)	Not assigned in field
17900W	52-30-272	(none)	(none)	Not assigned in field
18784B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cones, two, similar: (A) All the base preserved with text complete and the stem to the length of 40mm, with about half its text. (B) Base chipped with edge of inscribed area damaged: of the stem c. 60mm remains with half the inscription.
30497	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
30643	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
7772B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay cone (fragm) Sumuilum = U.2634, 2778. [B] Another. [C] Another fragment perhaps belonging with preceding. [D] Another. [E] Another. [F-I] 4 more; one with text complete. [J]1 more: with text complete (nearly) (all but one to B[aghdad])
7772C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Clay cone (fragm) Sumuilum = U.2634, 2778. [B] Another. [C] Another fragment perhaps belonging with preceding. [D] Another. [E] Another. [F-I] 4 more; one with text complete. [J]1 more: with text complete (nearly) (all but one to B[aghdad])
7795S	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets. A) Long tablet made from 7795A and a fragment marked U.7785D. B) Join made from U.7795B and a fragment marked U.7786C. C) C) 2 fragments of 2 large account tablets. D) 5 other fragments (U.7795 perhaps belongs with one)? E) a date of Sumu(ilum) F) tablet dated under Abisarie. [G-AA] The rest are 21 business documents. Doc. G. belongs with U.7786B? Ur Texts Vol. V 357, 722, 223 882, 721, 442 411, 586, 592, 873
7805B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets. 4 round tablets [A-D] , apparently school exercises (or impositions?) [A] 1 has gis-par 3 times on obv. 3 times on rev. [B] 2 has gis(?)-SA(na?); gis(?)-SA-gal; gis(?) - SA-KU on each side. [C] 3 has figures. [D] 4 has nig-tug; nig-al-di; nig-gig-; dingir-ra-kam; on each side.

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Locations: Old Babylonian Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Context Title	Context Description	Description (Modern)
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 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 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)