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)
7803	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Plan for field measurements HC 32
7780	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Round Like 7716 Inscribed Lugal ////////////// Lugal ////////////// L[ugal /////////////
7794	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Sumerian-Semitic paradigms of verbs Duplicate text included in U7791 HC.55
10609	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet very roughly written hardly a sign legible?
7755	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet (fragment). "Dedication"? [crossed out] Date list. ?? with U7754 [crossed out]
7762	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet (fragment). Piece of a large table of square roots.
13074	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet contract? Broken.
13073	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet fragment.
8817A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet fragments of god-list
8817B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet fragments of god-list
8820	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. 2 fragments of large tablet in fine writing.
7748	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet.
7785	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet.
13811	(none)	1953,0411.202	(none)	Tablet. Accounts. (Larsa or later) HC.703. UET V: 609).
13812	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment. Perhaps similar date with 13811
15098	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment. Semitic letter.
15675	52-30-224, 52-30-224	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragmentary document of about Larsa period.
15677	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragmentary document of about Larsa period.
15050	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Private letter. Of Bab. I period.
15091	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Semitic letter (Larsa)
15088	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Semitic letter (Larsa?)
15089	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Semitic letter (Larsa?)
8808A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. (b) and part of envelope of the same with seal impressions of a subject of Rim-Sin. H.C.56 (b)
8812	(none)	1953,0411.185	(none)	Tablet. (large) Accounts
7737	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. 3 dedications of Ibi-Sin (cf. U.7728) HC.74.

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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)