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)
187	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Large, fragment of upper part. Inscr.
319	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Nearly complete. Found in T.T.B.20, see U315. Dated.
394	(none)	(none)	(none)	Frag of tablet. Dated. 1st year of Sin-idi(nnam), king of Larsa.
420	(none)	(none)	B15324, B15324	Basalt hinge-socket of GIMIL ILISHU.
421	(none)	(none)	(none)	Basalt hinge-socket of GIMIL ILISHU.
430	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment of. TTB17 See U.376.
441	52-30-199	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Accounts on obverse, dated at bottom of 4th col rev (date illegible) Same find as U.339 in TTB9.
442	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment of. Contains a list of various objects mostly made of wood. Found TTB 9 see U339. Inventory of furniture, or poss. part of an explanatory list.
524	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet., complete. See U376. Dated.
593B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Eleven fragments. Mixed in period. See also U.727 - 30. Placed in Packing Case D.
655A	(none)	(none)	B14974	Fragment of a bowl with fine white limestone, virtually marble; rather more than 1/2 preserved. Flat base. (below) RC.19L. [drawing]
709	(none)	(none)	(none)	Complete tablet. Dated.See U.708.
737	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Bottom and sides broken off. Dated 14th year of Sume-ilum, King of Larsa. See U.381.
882	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster vase fragment of, from rim of cylindrical jar with flat everted rim. Alabaster. First line only, "thing dedicated..." RC.9
933	(none)	(none)	(none)	Complete tablet. Obverse 7 lines, badly preserved. Reverse dated. (Year after) the temple of Nannar NI(?IR).ZA.KI, year after that) 16th year Sumu-ilum, king of Larsa. See U 924
934	(none)	(none)	(none)	Complete Tablet. Obverse, left side broken, 6 lines. Reverse 4 line date. "Year after Nunnar of IR? Za KI dwelt in his temple" 15th year Sumu-ilum, king of Larsa. See U 924
984A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Complete tablet, top edge broken. 3 + 3 lines. Dated. Reign of Bur-Sin(?)
1198	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from upper part of a tablet with portions of 8 lines of accounts. About period of First Dynasty of Babylon.
1320A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay head. fragment of clay relief. Male(?) head with radiating headdress.
1320B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
1355	(none)	(none)	B15614, B15614	Fragment from top of stem of large clay cone apparently of (Nur)-Adad, King of Ur and Larsa. Ends of 8 lines. P.
1520	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment. Beginning of an Old Babylonian letter, mostly illegible.
2725	(none)	(none)	(none)	Brick of Sin-i-din-na-am king of Larsa. Broken. Text: To Nannar, eldest son of Enlil dSin-i-din-na-am, shepherd of justice_ _ _ who takes care of Ur, king (of Larsa). H.C.
2919	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay label with Aramaic name. H.C. [drawing]
3191	(none)	(none)	B16546	Brick of Libit-Ishtar Fragment. Same inscription as on Cone (Cf. SAKI. P.204) probably shorter. Libit-Ishtar, the humble shephard of Nippur, the just husbandman of Ur, who takes an unceasing care for Eridu, the high priest of uruk? H.C.

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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)