A Middle Assyrian Juridical Text on a Tablet with Handle

  • Strahil V. Panayotov
  • Jaume Llop-Raduà
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47979/aror.j.81.2.223-233
Keywords: Middle Assyrian, tablets with handle, amulet shaped or formed tablets, division of inheritance, Aššur-uballiṭ I

Abstract

The present article offers an edition of the cuneiform tablet BM 103395 from the British Museum in London, which has been published only in a copy so far. This document is a so called amulet shaped or formed tablet, which contains a Middle Assyrian administrative text. In this article, it is sustained that the very damaged record is probably an inheritance division. The physical features of the artifact allow that it was hung, therefore displayed and made visible. The format and function of the tablet are also discussed and another designation, concerning such artifact, “tablet with handle” is proposed. Furthermore, evidence from the  Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin, for this kind of tablets, will be discussed.

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Author Biographies

Strahil V. Panayotov

Strahil V. Panayotov is a member of the research team of the BabMed (ERC) project, working on Mesopotamian medical texts in the Free University of Berlin. Graduated in Heidelberg.

Jaume Llop-Raduà

Dr. Jaume Llop is “Marie Curie” research fellow of the Gerda Henkel foundation at the institute for Altorientalistik of the Free University of Berlin. He graduated in Ancient History and Assyriology at the University of Barcelona. He has been post-doc research fellow at the Universities of Heidelberg and Barcelona, where he has taught courses of history and philology of the Ancient Near East. He has published the book Mittelassyrische Verwaltungsurkunden aus Assur (2009) and coedited the volume Time and History in the Ancient Near East (2013). He has published several articles on Middle Assyrian history and philology.

Published
2013-09-12
How to Cite
Panayotov, S. V., & Llop-Raduà, J. (2013). A Middle Assyrian Juridical Text on a Tablet with Handle. Archiv orientální, 81(2), 223-233. https://doi.org/10.47979/aror.j.81.2.223-233
Issue
Vol. 81 No. 2 (2013)
Section
Research Article

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