Table - Laws of Hammurabi: Tablets Under Examination
Siglum Museum Number
B BM34914
C BE35271^338
D K10778
J 1 K4223
J 2 Sm1008a
L K10483
N K8905
P 1 K8321
P 2 Rm277
P 3 DT81
P 4 Rm2,388
T K10485
W VAT991
Z VAT1036
b Sm1642
c Sm26
e 1 Bu. 91-5-9, 221
e 2 K11571
Description of the Sources^339
B, BM34914
The script is Neo-Babylonian and the tablet is probably from Babylonia given the mu-
seum catalogue number.^340 It is designated as Neo-Babylonian or Late Babylonian by
(^338) There seems to be some confusion in the editions about which tablet is identified by the siglum C. R.
Borger, Babylonisch-Assyrische Lesestücke, 2, has this as BE35271, published in E. Bergmann, Codex
Hammurabi: Textus Primigenius (Rome: PIB, 1953^3 ) pl. 52. G.R. Driver and J.C. Miles, Babylonian Laws,
2, on the other hand, have Bergmann’s pl. 52 as containing BE35751, and mention that the tablet BE35271
is known but unpublished, a claim seconded in D.J. Wiseman, "The Laws of Hammurabi Again," Journal
of Semitic Studies 7 (1962) 162 n. 6. The designation of C as BE35271 in the present study relies on the
tablet number given in E. Bergmann, 339 Codex Hammurabi, where it is clearly marked in favour of Borger.
The proveniences of Late Babylonian, Neo-Babylonain and Neo-Assyrian that are assigned to the tablets
follow the appraisals given in R. Borger, Babylonisch-Assyrische Lesestücke, 2-4. The reader is directed
towards Borger’s list for the appropriate publications for each tablet.