EEN 061, CBS 06098 (P229166)

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 06098 + N 3960 + N 5128

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 Hh 1 (cf. Hh 3-7) Large tablet, nearly complete (corners missing). Obv. I multiplication table (base 16) obv. II exercise contract, repeated in obv. III. Treated by Lieberman (unpubl). Rev. partly very badly damaged. According to catalogue M.B. More probably O.B. Copy N.V.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Witness

reverse
column 1
1'. [...] nimbar#
2. [...] nimbar#
3'. [...] nimbar#
4'. [...] nimbar#
5'. [...] nimbar#
6'. [...] nimbar#
7'. [...] nimbar#
8'. [...]-nimbar
9'. [...]-nimbar
10'. [...]-zu2#-lum [...]-nimbar
11'. [...]-nimbar
12'. [...]-nimbar
13'. [...]-pesz
14'. [...]-murgu
15'. [...]-zi
16'. [...] asal2#
17'. [...] asal2#-kur-ra
18'. [...] asal2#-du10
19'. [...] asal2#
20'. [...] asal2#
  1 line broken
  traces of 1 line
23'. [...] GIR2#
24'. [...] har#?
25'. [...]-ra
26'. [...]-na2
27'. [...]-zum
28'. [...]-kal
29'. [...] szu-KAL
30'. [...] szu-dib-ba
31'. gesz szu-KAL
32'. gesz szu-EREN
33'. gesz szi-ig-du
34'. gesz# zi2-ir-dum
35'. gesz# BU-zu2-lum-[...]
36'. gesz gi-zu2-ma-lum?#
37'. [...] dili-bu-[...]
38'. [...] an#-ta#
column 2
1. [...] masz
2. [...] masz-gurum
3. [...] guru5-usz
4. gesz# sag-EZEN
5. gesz si-sag-EZEN
6. gesz i-ri9-na
7. gesz a-ri9-na
8. gesz gu2-gilim-na
9. gesz gilim-abzu
10. gesz u3-luh
11. gesz pa
12. gesz pa-ku5
13. gesz |LAGABxA|
14. gesz as4-um
15. gesz masz-da
16. gesz [...]-um
17. gesz kal#-la#-bi
18. gesz [...]-bi
19. gesz gu7
20. gesz HA-AN-NI
21. gesz dub-TUG2-NI
22. gesz szumun-gi4
23. gesz ti-bala
24. gesz SZID-ma
25. gesz tun3
26. gesz ba
27. gesz ba#-KA
28. gesz [...] x
  traces (prob. not amar)
29. gesz ba-sze#
30. gesz ba-szab
31. gesz hub2#
32. gesz na-ru2-a
33. gesz USZ-da?#
34. gesz gu-za
35. gesz gu-za-sag10?#
36. gesz gu-za-gid2#-da#
37. gesz gu-za-[...]-ra#?
38. gesz gu-za-[...] x
39. gesz gu-za-[...] x
40. gesz gu-[...]-ti#
41. gesz gu#-za#-[...]
42. gesz [...]
43. gesz [...]
  1 line missing
column 3
1. gesz [...]-lugal#-[...]
2. gesz gu-[...]-en#-na#
3. gesz gu-[...]-a
4. gesz gu-za#-[...]
5. gesz gu-za-x [...]
6. gesz gu-za-szu#-[...]
7. gesz gu-za-KA?#-[...]
8. gesz gu-za-X [...]
9. gesz gu-za-X [...]
10. gesz gu-za-X-[...]
11. gesz gu-za-[...]
12. gesz gu-za-LAM#-[...]
13. gesz gu-za-nita#
14. gesz gu-za-[...]
15. gesz gu-za-ukkin#-[...]
16. gesz gu-za-lukur#
17. gesz gu-za-gidim?#
18. gesz gu-za-ki#
19. gesz gu-za-silim#-[...]
  3 lines broken
23. gesz gu-za-gesz-[...]
24. gesz gu-za-gesz-[...]
25. gesz gu-za-gesz?-[...]
26. gesz gu-za-[...]
27. gesz gu-za-[...]
28. gesz gu-za-gar3-[...]
29. gesz gu-za-[...]
30. gesz gu-za-[...]-babbar [...]
31. gesz gu-za gar3-[...]
32. gesz [...]
33. gesz [...]
column 4
1. [...] szu2#-a
2. [...] szu2#-a-du10-sa#
3. [...] szu2#-a-nagar#
4. [...]-a-bur-gul
5. [...]-a-tibira
6. [...]-a-kaskal-la
7. [...]-a-nig2-gu-la
8. [...] giri3#-gub
  n lines missing
  traces
33. gesz# [...] banszur#?
34. gesz# [...] banszur#?
  traces of 1 line
  traces of 1 line
  traces of 1 line
38. gesz# ka#-kara4
39. gesz# ka#-[...]-zu2# am-si si#-ga
40. [...]-da
41. [...] UD#-|SAL#+HUB2|
  traces of 1 line
column 5
1. gesz u3-[...]
2. gesz MUSZ3@g?#-[...]
3. gesz bugin#
4. gesz# bugin-tur
5. gesz [...]-ZU-bar-ra
6. gesz nag
7. gesz nag-nig2-sze#
8. gesz nag-sze#-[...]
9. gesz nag#-[...]
10. gesz tukul#-[...]-gaz#
11. gesz gan-na#
12. gesz# SZU-DIM2
13. [...] eme#-sig
14. [...]-ri2#-za
15. [...]-gi4#-a
  1 line missing
17. [...] gur#
  about 4 lines missing
22. [...] ma2#-da-[...]
23. [...] ma2-szu-pesz#
  about 6 lines traces
30. [...] ma2-KU?-[...]
31. [...] ma2-[...]
  3 lines missing
35. [...] ma2-[...]
36. [...] ma2#-GISZ-[...]
37. [...] ma2#-6(u) [...]
38. [...] ma2-ninnu-[...]
39. gesz ma2-4(u)-[...]
40. gesz ma2-3(u)-[...]
41. gesz ma2-2(u)-gur#
42. gesz ma2-1(u) 5(disz)#-gur#
43. gesz ma2#
44. gesz#

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
  • Condition Description:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (obv. model contract; rev: OB Hh 1 (cf. Hh 3-7) Large tablet, nearly complete (corners missing). Obv. I multiplication table (base 16) obv. II exercise contract, repeated in obv. III. Treated by Lieberman (unpubl). Rev. partly very badly damaged. According to catalogue M.B. More probably O.B. Copy N.V.)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 61, CBS 6098

    [Veldhuis1997EEN] Veldhuis, Niek. 1997. “Elementary Education at Nippur. The Lists of Trees and Wooden Objects.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 06098 + N 3960 + N 5128
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 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 02:52:24 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 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

P229166 leadP229166 lead

Cite this Artifact
“EEN 061, CBS 06098 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229166.
EEN 061, CBS 06098 artifact entry (No. P229166). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229166 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 061, CBS 06098 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229166 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 061, {CBS} 06098 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229166},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229166},
}


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