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SAOC 44, 48 (P257366)

Legal 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

UM 55-21-245bis

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract?; 7x11 lines; 3.9x4.5)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz)#? gin2 ku3-babbar
or possibly: 2/3(disz)# ?
2. ba-li-lum a-x x
3. 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
4. {d}szakkan2-kur-ra x
5. dumu ta-ri-bu-um
6. 2/3(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze# ku3#-babbar
7. ur!-da#-tum# szesz-a-ni
8. szu#?-[nigin2? n] gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze
reverse
1. {disz}BI-KU?-[...]
2. isz-ta-qar#?-[...]
3. asz-szum BI-UD a-na x x
4. id!?-di-nu
5. igi zi-na-tum dumu i-bi-ia
6. igi ib?-na-tum lu2 x x
7. igi i3-li2-e-ri-ba-am [bur-gul]-mesz#
8. igi nu-ra-tum dumu la-x-a?
blank space
9. iti ab-e3 u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
10. mu {d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal-e i3-si-in{ki} ba-[an]-dab5

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)

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: lenticular,
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Contract?; 7x11 lines; 3.9x4.5)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: SAOC 44, 48

[Stone1987neighborhoods] Stone, Elizabeth C. 1987. Nippur Neighborhoods. Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 44. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: UM 55-21-245bis
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: 3N-T0095bis
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:
OI/UM 1951-52: TA 185, level X 1

Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Rim-Sin.30.10.14
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2020-01-16 at 10:10:34	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	approved
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Penn Museum (567831)
Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.55-21-245)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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“SAOC 44, 48 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257366.

SAOC 44, 48 artifact entry (No. P257366). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257366 (Original work published 2005)

SAOC 44, 48 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257366 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).

@misc{2023SAOC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAOC 44, 48 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257366},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257366},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P257366
LB  - CDLI:P257366
M1  - 2024/4/19/
TI  - SAOC 44, 48 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257366
ER  -

“SAOC 44, 48 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257366.

SAOC 44, 48 artifact entry (No. P257366). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257366 (Original work published 2005)

SAOC 44, 48 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257366 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).

@misc{2023SAOC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAOC 44, 48 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257366},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257366},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P257366
LB  - CDLI:P257366
M1  - 2024/4/19/
TI  - SAOC 44, 48 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257366
ER  -

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