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)
10136	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cone Sinidinnam - U. 2900 with slight variants probably - U. 7798 found lst season.
10606	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Complete Contract (?) Crystallized, awaits cleaning.
10609	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet very roughly written hardly a sign legible?
11608A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cones. Fragmentary PG most of the insc. on stem. Sumuilum=RIU 114; Another PG Most of the insc. on stem; Another PG Part of the insc. on head & stem. 1. 10 mu-un-n(a
11608B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cones. Fragmentary PG most of the insc. on stem. Sumuilum=RIU 114; Another PG Most of the insc. on stem; Another PG Part of the insc. on head & stem. 1. 10 mu-un-n(a
11608C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cones. Fragmentary PG most of the insc. on stem. Sumuilum=RIU 114; Another PG Most of the insc. on stem; Another PG Part of the insc. on head & stem. 1. 10 mu-un-n(a
11609A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cones (fragmentary) Sumuilum=RIU 115 PG part of inscription var. as U. 7777 on head. Another PG on head.
11609B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cones (fragmentary) Sumuilum=RIU 115 PG part of inscription var. as U. 7777 on head. Another PG on head.
11660	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Note re barely; for a feast ?? and break of dUDU.
11662	(none)	(none)	(none)	Brick. Sinidinnam RIU=120 111-6, completing 1.5 ibid. cf. whole inscription U.13108. HC 111
11692	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cone. Fragment. Inscribed on head. Has beginning of 3 lines of a King of Larsa.
11693	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment. 2 proper names, beginning Nannar.
12567	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Small fragment of archaic accounts. HC 331
12570	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cone. (Warad-Sin or Rim-Sin). Fragment. Part of 14 lines. Partly identical with R1U 130. (Perhaps identical inscription? But RIU 130, 10 is different in one sign; and present inscription is from first or incomplete column of stem (and corresponding part of R1U 130 is from a second column (of head?). HC 116
12972	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cone fragment. Larsa probably. Unidentified. HC 118.
12974	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cylinder. Fragment. 1st sign only of ten lines.
12998	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment ? Mathematical.
13008	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Broken with case (in box).
13023	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Contract (broken) and one fragment.
13071	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Contract. (brick) and fragments of case in box.
13073	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet fragment.
13074	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet contract? Broken.
13081	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Minute business note.
13085	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylindrical fragment.
13103	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Contract complete.

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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)