OIP 011, 096 (P227988)

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 04846

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 Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) Lexical; (Obv)(i)9x(Rev)(ii)7x(iii)12x(iv)10 lines. Model contracts: grain.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  CBS 04846 = MSL 07: 179 = V20 = SLT 96
tablet
  obverse model contract
reverse
column 1
  n lines missing
1. gi# [...]
2. gi# [...]
3. gi# [...]
4. gi# [...]
5. gi# [...]
6. gi# [...]
7. gi# [...]
  rest of column broken
column 2
  n lines missing
1. {gi#}[pisan kusz si-ga]
2. {gi}pisan gi-dub#-[ba]
3. {gi}pisan gid2-da
4. {gi}pisan gu4-da
5. {gi}pisan sa2-a
6. {gi}ma#-[sa2]-ab#
7. {gi#}ma#-sa2-ab szu
8. {gi}ma-sa2-ab ninda
9. {gi}ma-sa2-ab ninda sag10!
10. {gi}ma-sa2-ab ku3
11. {gi#}ma-sa2-ab za-an#-[...]
12. [{gi}]ma#-[sa2]-ab# [ku3-an]
  rest of column broken
column 3
  n lines broken
1. [{gi}hal] uzu
2. gi#-ha-an
3. gi#-ha-an siki#
4. [{gi}]gum2-gum2-szu2-a
5. {gi#}nig2-esir2(|LAGABxHAL|)!-ra
6. [{gi}]nig2-kusz si-a
7. [{gi}]buginx(|A.LAGABxA|)
  1 line broken
9. [{gi}]buginx(|A.LAGABxA|)(|A#.LAGAB#xA#|)# pisan
10. [{gi}buginx(|A.LAGABxA|) lu2]-im2#
  1 line traces
  rest of column broken

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: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, center part, 4 cols.
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  • Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (Obv: Model contract; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) Lexical; (Obv)(i)9x(Rev)(ii)7x(iii)12x(iv)10 lines. Model contracts: grain.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: OIP 11,, 096

    [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 7, 179 (V20)

    [Civil1959MSL7] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1959. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 7.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 04846
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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 02:03:34 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

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

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270) View the score

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“OIP 011, 096 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227988.
OIP 011, 096 artifact entry (No. P227988). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227988 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 096 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227988 (Accessed: April 23, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {OIP 011, 096 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227988},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227988},
}


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