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)
16810	(none)	1953,0411.64	(none)	Clay tablet. Babylonian letter. To; A-hi-i..., From: A-hi-mar-si. [CARD MISSING: information from later typed transcript]
16816	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Tablet. Babylonian Letter. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
18765	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Bottom end missing.
18763	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Complete except for chip off one corner.
18813	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Corner chipped. Inscribed on one side only.
16566	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Date: mu-us-sa 5-kam, en d.nannar BA-hun-ga fifth year after the high-priest of Nannar was raised to his office Sumu-ilum. (Ur Inscription 250). [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16585	(none)	1953,0411.79	(none)	Clay tablet. Division of an estate between Ri-ba-am-i-li and Nanar-ni-zu; Seal: ri(-ba_-am-i-li; dumu Bur- dSin. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
18800	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Most of top broken away.
18767	52-30-176	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. One corner chipped.
18793	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. One corner chipped.
18797	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. One corner chipped.
18766	(none)	1953,0411.73	(none)	Clay tablet. One edge broken away.
18885	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. One side only inscribed. Intact.
18764	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Only one inscribed face preserved.
18877	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Unbaked.
18799	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. With one line only of inscription.
16521	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. (fragment). [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
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.
16519	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Tablet. Babylonian letter to: A-hu-ki-nu-um from: Lu-dUru-ses-gal HC.30/VIII,1. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
17203	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Babylonian letter. To: 'ATTA' [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
17201	(none)	1953,0411.60	(none)	Clay tablet. Babylonian letter. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16013	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Business document. Date: Year when Sin-igisham became King. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
18844	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Chipped at one corner, only 1 sign missing.
16044	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Commercial. Date: very difficult to decipher. It appears to begin with mu-gadgal... Year in which the great wall? [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16502	52-30-164, 52-30-164	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Commercial. [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 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)