OIP 011, 105 + 109 + 148 (P227953)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04803 + CBS 05962 + CBS 06591

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (Obv: Model contract; Rev: OB Lú Lexical; (Obv)(i)29x(ii)31x(iii)19x(iv)16x(Rev)22 lines. Obv. model contracts (houses). Rev. OB Proto-Lu.)

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Measurements

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Has fragments Witness

obverse
column 1
1. lu2
2. lugal
3. nam-dumu-na
4. sukkal
5. sukkal#-mah#
6. sukkal#-sza3-e2-a
7. sukkal-i3-du8
8. sukkal-kasz4
9. sukkal-lu2-kasz4
10. sukkal-mar-tu
11. sukkal-ensi2
12. sukkal-sanga
13. zabar-dab5
14. |GAL.UD|-unken-na
15. gal-zu-unken#-na#
  traces
  broken
column 2
1. gu2-en-na#
2. ensi2(|PA#.TE.SI|)#
3. sanga
4. [um]-mi#-a#
5. sza3#-tam#
6. sza3#-tam-lugal#
7. sza3#-tam-e2-gal
8. sza3#-tam-ka2-e2-gal
9. sza3-tam-sza3-tam-ka2!-gal
10. sza3-tam-e2-uzu
11. sza3-tam-e2-uszbar
12. sza3-tam-e2-kuruszda
13. sza3-tam-e2#-kuruszda
14. sza3-tam-e2-dub-ba-a
15. sza3-tam-e2-uruda
16. sza3-tam-e2-kiszib3#-ba-a
17. sza3#-tam#-e2-eresz#
18. sza3#-tam#-na#-kam-tum
19. [gab2]-sar
  broken
column 3
1. [dub]-sar#-kuru7-ak
2. [dub-sar]-umun2-ak
3. [dub-sar]-tur
4. dub-sar#-a-sza3-ga
5. sa12-du5
6. nir#-gal2#
7. nir#-gal2#
8. inim-mud-gal2#
9. KA-bala-bala#
10. ku3-zu#
11. masz-zu#
12. nig2-zu#
13. gal#-zu#
14. [gal]-an-zu#
15. [gal]-le-esz
16. kindagal
17. kindagal
18. |GAL.KAK#|
19. tiru(|GAL.TE#|)#
20. ra2-gaba#
21. sza3-e2-gal
22. dumu#-e2#-[gal-la]
23. lugal#-[ra-us2-sa]
24. szar2-ra-[ab-x]
25. esz3!-a-[ab-x]
26. szu-[i]
27. szu-i#-[...]
28. szu-i#-[...]
29. szu#-i#-[...]
30. szu-i#-[...]
31. szu#-i#-[...]
  1 line missing
column 4
  about 3 lines missing
4. muhaldim
5. [muhaldim]-gal
6. [ugula]-muhaldim
7. [gu4]-gaz
8. [gir2]-la2
9. [lu2]-ur3-ra
10. [lu2]-lunga
11. [lu2]-{kasz}kurun2#-na
12. [SAL lu2]-{kasz}kurun2#-na
13. ukur2(|GAL#.SZUBUR|)#
14. szagan-la2#
15. ma-an-du#-[um]
16. ma-an-du-um#-tur#
17. ma-an-du-um-libir-ra#
18. aga-us2#
19. aga-us2-lugal#
20. aga-us2-nam-dumu-na
21. aga#-us2-bala-a
22. aga#-us2-ni-is-kum
23. [aga]-us2#-sag#-ga2#-na
24. [aga]-us2#-ki?#-egir#-ra#
25. [aga]-us2
26. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA.A|)#
27. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA.A|)#-gal?
28. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA.A|)#-lugal
29. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA.A|)#-nam-dumu-na
30. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA|)#-nam-eresz-a
32. [x-x-x] x-ma-na
33. [...] |LU.SZE.GAR|
34. [en-u-ug3]-ga#-nu-um#
  traces
  broken
  2 lines missing

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation:
  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
  • Condition Description: Tablet, LU.,LLo.&RLo.corners missing,ruled,5cols.
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (Obv: Model contract; Rev: OB Lú Lexical; (Obv)(i)29x(ii)31x(iii)19x(iv)16x(Rev)22 lines. Obv. model contracts (houses). Rev. OB Proto-Lu.)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: OIP 11,, 105 + 109 + 148

    [Chiera1929OIP11] Chiera, Edward. 1929. Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur. Vol. 1. Oriental Institute Publications. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/oip-11-cuneiform-series-volume-i-sumerian-lexical-texts-temple-school.

  • history: OIP 11,, 148).

    [Chiera1929OIP11] Chiera, Edward. 1929. Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur. Vol. 1. Oriental Institute Publications. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/oip-11-cuneiform-series-volume-i-sumerian-lexical-texts-temple-school.

  • history: MSL 12, 029 L + 031 Y'

    [Landsberger1969MSL12] Landsberger, Benno, Erica Reiner, and Marcel Sigrist. 1969. Materials for Sumerian Lexicon 12.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 04803 + CBS 05962 + CBS 06591
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2008-05-26 at 01:59:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

P227953 leadP227953 lead

Cite this Artifact
“OIP 011, 105 + 109 + 148 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227953.
OIP 011, 105 + 109 + 148 artifact entry (No. P227953). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227953 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 105 + 109 + 148 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227953 (Accessed: April 16, 2024).
@misc{2023OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {OIP 011, 105 + 109 + 148 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227953},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227953},
}


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