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)
8810Q	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-H] Tablet. (A) Fragment of the list of year-dates of the dinasty of Larsa similar to the prism published by Thureaudengin; but some differences. The 6th and 7th years of Abisare are transposed. The 10th and 11th year are different and confirm T-D's conjecture, Lachronol---p.18, note 16. Also, fragments of 1st 2 lines and of end of 1st col. - not identified. (B) Fragment of religious text? (C) Frag. tablet containing impression of seal of servant of a king whose name ended in ? (Obvious bottom right corner) (D) Tablet complete case, with unusual inscription? (E) Fragment of large tablet. The rest small business documents, etc. (F) cf. U.8816F? (G andH) Do one of these belong with U.7705? (A) HC.60 (C) HC.61
8810T	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-H] Tablet. (A) Fragment of the list of year-dates of the dinasty of Larsa similar to the prism published by Thureaudengin; but some differences. The 6th and 7th years of Abisare are transposed. The 10th and 11th year are different and confirm T-D's conjecture, Lachronol---p.18, note 16. Also, fragments of 1st 2 lines and of end of 1st col. - not identified. (B) Fragment of religious text? (C) Frag. tablet containing impression of seal of servant of a king whose name ended in ? (Obvious bottom right corner) (D) Tablet complete case, with unusual inscription? (E) Fragment of large tablet. The rest small business documents, etc. (F) cf. U.8816F? (G andH) Do one of these belong with U.7705? (A) HC.60 (C) HC.61
8810U	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-H] Tablet. (A) Fragment of the list of year-dates of the dinasty of Larsa similar to the prism published by Thureaudengin; but some differences. The 6th and 7th years of Abisare are transposed. The 10th and 11th year are different and confirm T-D's conjecture, Lachronol---p.18, note 16. Also, fragments of 1st 2 lines and of end of 1st col. - not identified. (B) Fragment of religious text? (C) Frag. tablet containing impression of seal of servant of a king whose name ended in ? (Obvious bottom right corner) (D) Tablet complete case, with unusual inscription? (E) Fragment of large tablet. The rest small business documents, etc. (F) cf. U.8816F? (G andH) Do one of these belong with U.7705? (A) HC.60 (C) HC.61
8816A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets. Lists of words. NB(1) the largest is a list of fishes cf. U.7792. (c) the lists may duplicate U.7838A?
8816B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets. Lists of words. NB(1) the largest is a list of fishes cf. U.7792. (c) the lists may duplicate U.7838A?
8816C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets. Lists of words. NB(1) the largest is a list of fishes cf. U.7792. (c) the lists may duplicate U.7838A?
8816D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets. Lists of words. NB(1) the largest is a list of fishes cf. U.7792. (c) the lists may duplicate U.7838A?
8816E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets. Lists of words. NB(1) the largest is a list of fishes cf. U.7792. (c) the lists may duplicate U.7838A?
8816F	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets. Lists of words. NB(1) the largest is a list of fishes cf. U.7792. (c) the lists may duplicate U.7838A?
8816G	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets. Lists of words. NB(1) the largest is a list of fishes cf. U.7792. (c) the lists may duplicate U.7838A?
8816I	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets. Lists of words. NB(1) the largest is a list of fishes cf. U.7792. (c) the lists may duplicate U.7838A?
8816J	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets. Lists of words. NB(1) the largest is a list of fishes cf. U.7792. (c) the lists may duplicate U.7838A?
8817A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet fragments of god-list
8817B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet fragments of god-list
8830B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Round. In box not marked.
(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
11519A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
11561A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
13007B	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
13009C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets [A] Contract complete with fragments of [B] case. [C-E other tablets with U.13009 identification]
13026A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
13091A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
13102A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
15049A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
15612A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)

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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 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)