Civilisation mésopotamienneDominique CharpinCollège de FranceAnnée 2022-2023Colloque - Archives paléo-babyloniennes : 140 ans de publications et d'études (1882-2022) : Boats, Boat Owners and Boatmen in Old Babylonian Archives. How to Allocate Their Tablets—Proposals from the Bottom UpIntervenant(s)Michaela Weszeli, University of Vienna, VienneBoats, due to Mesopotamia's geographical setting, were ubiquitous in Babylonia. They, their boatmen, boat owners and shipping related matters turn up in many archives of the Old Babylonian period, be they institutional or private. They are found in various texts, in some archives more prominently than in others. But how to allocate stray tablets? This lecture will show some possibilities from the "water-based" point of view.