AASOR 16, 042 (P388521)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 2000.06.036

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (adoption with intention of marriage tuppi martuti u kalluti)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

106.0 mm × 68.0 mm × 34.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. [t,up]-pi2 ma-ar-tu4-ti# [u3 kal-lu-ti]
2. sza# {munus#}ha-na-te _geme2_ sza {munus}tul2-pu#-[na]-a-a
3. {munus}hal-ba2-bu-sza _dumu-munus_ sza# [{disz}szuk2-ra-pu _dumu_] ar-na-mar
4. {disz}szuk2-ra-pu _dumu_ ar#-na#-[mar]
5. u3 {munus}hi-ia-re-el#-[li _dam_-ti sza] {disz#}szuk2#-ra-pu
6. a-na ma-ar-tu4-ti# [u3 kal]-lu-ti#
7. a-na {munus}ha-na-te _geme2#_ sza# {munus#}[tul2-pu]-na-a-a _si3_-nu
8. u3 {munus}ha-na-te a-szar# ha#-a#-[de4 {munus}]hal-ba2-bu-sza
9. a-na asz-szu-ti i-na-an-din a#-na [{lu2}]_ARAD2#_ a-na asz-szu-ti
10. i-na-an-din-szi 1(disz) {lu2}mu#-us-[sa3 _ba-usz2-mesz_]
11. a-na sza-a-ni _lu2 si3_ szum#-ma _lu2_ sza-[a-nu mu]-us#-sa3
12. _ba-usz2-mesz_ u3 a-na sza-asz#-szi _lu2 si3#_
13. szum-ma sza-asz-szu {lu2}mu#-us#-sa3 _ba-usz2#-[mesz_]
14. u3 ur-ka4-as-su2 [sza] {munus#}hal#-ba2-[bu-sza]
15. sza {munus}ha#-na-te-ma u3# um-ma [{disz}szuk2]-ra-pu
16. u3 um-[ma] {munus}hi#-ia-[re]-el-li-[ma]
17. {munus}ha-na-[te] isz-tu4 su2-u2-qi2-_mesz#_
18. %xhu i-li-im-du#-um-ma ni-pu-usz#-mi#
19. u3 {munus}hal-ba2-bu-sza ni#-id-din#-mi
20. u3 {munus}ha-na-te {munus}hal-ba2-bu-sza#
21. sza ki-i _dumu-munus_ ar#-ra#-ap2-he ip-pu#-sza-asz-szi
22. a-na _geme2_{ti} la u2-ta-ar-szi
23. szum#-ma {munus}hal-ba2-bu-sza pa-qi2-ra-na
24. [i]-ra-asz-szi {disz}szuk2-ra-pu
25. [u3] {munus#}[hi]-ia-re-el-li u2-za-ka4-ma
26. [a]-na {munus}[ha]-na-te i-na-an-din
27. szum-ma {disz}szuk2-ra-pu
reverse
1. u3 {munus}hi-ia-re-el-li
2. _ki-bal_{tu4} u3 _asz egir_-[ki]
3. sza {munus}ha-na-te asz-szum {munus}hal-ba2-bu-[sza]
4. i-sza-as-su2 u3 2(disz) _geme2-mesz_
5. lu-ul-lu-a-i-tu4 a-na {munus}ha-na-te
6. u2-ma-al-lu
7. _igi_ ur-hi-ia _dumu_ s,il2-li2-a-pi2-he
  1 line ruling
8. _igi_ hi-il-pi2-szu-uh _dumu_ szu-hu-zi-ri-ra
9. _igi_ ha-ma-an-na _{lu2}sanga_
10. _igi_ ut-hap2-sze-ni _{lu2}muszen-du3_
11. _igi_ a-kap-sze-ni _dumu_ ha-ni-ku-ia
12. _igi_ ha-szi-ip-til-la _dumu_ ar-te-ia
13. _igi_ u2-usz-sze _dumu_ ha-szi-ik-ke3-mar
14. _igi_ na-i-ke3-mar _dumu_ a-ri-ma-at-ka4
15. _igi_ ak-ku-le-en-ni _dumu_ it-ha-pu
16. _igi_ ha-bil-SIG5-qu2 _{lu2}nu-{gesz}kiri6_
17. _igi_ szu-mu-li-ia _{lu2}aszgab_
18. _igi_ ip-sza2-a-a sza {iri}an-zu-gal-li3
19. _igi_ ur-hi-ia _dumu_ ki-li-ia _dub-sar_
  seal 1
20. _na4-kiszib_ {disz}a-kap-sze-ni _dumu_ ha-ni-ku-ia
  seal 2
21. _na4-kiszib_ {disz}ut-hap2-sze-ni _{lu2}muszen-du3_
  seal 3
22. _na4#-kiszib_ {disz}ha-ma-an-na {lu2#}[_sanga_]
left
column 1
  seal 4
1. _na4#-kiszib_ {disz}ur#-hi-ia t,up-szar-ru3
column 2
1. _na4-kiszib_ {disz}ha-szi-ip-til-la
  seal 5
2. _dumu_ ar-te-ia

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 106.0 high × 68.0 wide × 34.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: AASOR 16, p.1-168, no. 42

    [Pfeiffer1935-1936Nuzi] Pfeiffer, Robert H., and Ephraim A. Speiser. 1935-1936. “One Hundred New Selected Nuzi Texts.” Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 16.

  • citation: Mayer AOAT 205/1 n°216,

    [sec100999] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 2000.06.036
  • Accession No.: (SMN) 2037

  • Provenience: Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe) Provenience Comments:

    Palace

  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level: II
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square: N 120
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2014-11-21 at 10:05:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-11-21 at 10:02:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-04-20 at 06:21:51 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2011-02-22 at 05:15:13 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2009-07-05 at 13:27:40 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2009-07-03 at 08:58:41 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2009-06-23 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“AASOR 16, 042 Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 23, 2009. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P388521.
AASOR 16, 042 artifact entry (No. P388521). (2009, June 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P388521
AASOR 16, 042 artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P388521 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
@misc{2009AASOR,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2009},
	month = {jun 23},
	title = {AASOR 16, 042 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P388521},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P388521},
}


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