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)
3587	(none)	(none)	(none)	No catalog card exists for this object: U.3400-U.4929 [possibly an error for U.3400-U.3989 since little evidence for tablets with numbers after U.3989 exists] fell unassigned between seasons 3 and 4. They were later used for tablets found in Season 3 in areas PD, TTB, and ES (Jacobsen AJA 57:128).
3589	(none)	(none)	(none)	No catalog card exists for this object: U.3400-U.4929 [possibly an error for U.3400-U.3989 since little evidence for tablets with numbers after U.3989 exists] fell unassigned between seasons 3 and 4. They were later used for tablets found in Season 3 in areas PD, TTB, and ES (Jacobsen AJA 57:128).
3591	(none)	(none)	(none)	No catalog card exists for this object: U.3400-U.4929 [possibly an error for U.3400-U.3989 since little evidence for tablets with numbers after U.3989 exists] fell unassigned between seasons 3 and 4. They were later used for tablets found in Season 3 in areas PD, TTB, and ES (Jacobsen AJA 57:128).
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
7806	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression On envelope of a tablet in lot 7804 Between goddess with crescent and distaff and worshipper HC 33
7784	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression Shape as U.7714 Seal of Ilushu-ibisha son of Siniqishum Inscription identical with U.7700; shows also figure of worshipper. Hammurabi
17622	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Inscription. Clay. Presentation scene; two figures; one line of semi-erased inscription.
8813D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal Impressions. (A) On a label (unmarked in match box) (B) On 4 fragments of envelope. (C) On fragment of tablet (Mentioning dSukal-an-na) (D) On fragment of Envelope Servant of Dungi
13927	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impresssions. 2 fragments. UET V: 18)
3115	(none)	1927,1003.271	(none)	Sinidinnam Brick (18 lines). Has mark [reference double crescent drawing] The mighty hero who takes care of Ur king of Larsa, who restores the rites of Ur of Eridu. Ga-nun-mah from ancient days the previous kings had restored . On the [word erased] of Nannar the sublime king the sanctuary ( ) For the life of... and for my life I did build. [drawing]
7764	(none)	(none)	(none)	Small fragments of tablets. Belonging with or found with lot U.7725-7762.
7765	(none)	(none)	(none)	Small fragments of tablets. Belonging with or found with lot U.7725-7762.
337	(none)	1953,0411.266	(none)	Small fragments of tablets. From TTB/Z See U. 336
6352	(none)	(none)	B16229	Steatite(?) [diorite is struck through] statue of Ningal. Presented by Enannatum son of Ishme-Dagan For his life. Upper part broken. Inscript. on 3 sides of the throne. Ur Texts, Vol. I, No. 103 E. CLW. Enter in catalog, Vol. VII HC.
19241	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Grey steatite; straight-sided; inscribed; piece missing from rim.
10123	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Case tablet: Inscript. very unclear
10606	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Complete Contract (?) Crystallized, awaits cleaning.
7792	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Fragments making the greater part of a large vocabulary (Sumerian only) in 10 columns: words and phrases (religion) names of birds, fishes, etc.
7791	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Large table of Sumerian-Semitic verbal forms 1st part duplicates U7794 HC.55
7813	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Mathematical Multiplication table of 750

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Locations: Old Babylonian Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Context Title	Context Description	Description (Modern)
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 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)