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)
10103N	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103O	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103P	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103Q	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103R	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
10103S	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cones. Fragments of about 19 cones, of Su-mu-ilum - U.7772 (e-gi-na-ab-tum of dNinni ) - another (2 smallest fragments rejected)
6315	(none)	1953,0411.118	(none)	Clay contract tablet. 11th year of Sanisuiluna. Concerning the hired labor of Sinadinaplim (and) Sin-lipir. Given that in Karraiski their work has not been (done), Ibi-Ninshubur, the assessor has seized Sinlipir, and has ordered Sinliper to leave saying: what the hired men will leave bricks, wood, flour, grain and silver, what the hired men in their daily allowance have not found good, against Sinlipir, for the damage of the hired men will remain when he leaves. Two witnesses. Month of Tammuz - the 9th. Year when the king Samsuiluna destroyed the great walls of Ur and Larsa H.C.
12974	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cylinder. Fragment. 1st sign only of ten lines.
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.
18894	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cone, tip of stem of.
18785	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cone. Base missing: inscription on stem in 10 columns; most of lower part preserved.
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.
18784A	(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.
1320A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay head. fragment of clay relief. Male(?) head with radiating headdress.
2919	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay label with Aramaic name. H.C. [drawing]
7700	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay seal impression. Roughly cube-shaped lump with beginning of same inscription on each face. cf. U.6360, doubtless seal of son of present Sinikisan who had same name as his grandfather Ilusu-ibisa. Date = Hammurabi. HC.3
16090	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet UET/V:488 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16097	52-30-182, 52-30-182	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet UET/V:493 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16063	52-30-241, 52-30-241	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet, fragment UET/V:720 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
18843	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet.
16580	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Babylonian letter to: ^dSin-...; from ^dSin-...; H.C. 30/Xi, [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16815	(none)	1953,0411.56	(none)	Clay tablet. Babylonian letter to:(...) From:(...). H.C. 30/XV,1. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16811	52-30-61	(none)	(none)	Clay Tablet. Babylonian letter. To: I-li-..., from: ^dSin-... [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16589	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Tablet. Babylonian letter. To: ^dSin-be-el-i-li; From: ^dSamas-na-sir; H.C. 30/VIII, 3. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16581	52-30-60, 52-30-60	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Babylonian letter. To: ^dSin-ri-me-ni; From: ^dSin-mu-ta-si-ma. H.C. 30/IX, 2. [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 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)