SAOC 44, 16 (P257369)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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 55-21-248

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (sale Sale of a house plot; PN1 and PN2 sell a 1 2/3 sar house plot and a 1 sar kislah plot to PN3 and PN4 for 8 shekels of silver; witnesses; bur-gul seal; 16x11 lines; 9.7x5.4)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) 5/6(disz) sar e2 du3-a 1(disz) sar kislah#
2. da e2 ARAD-{d}en-lil2-la2
3. u3 u4-du10-mu us2-sa
4. e2 u4-du10#-mu
5. ki u4-du10-mu
6. u3 nin#-kesz2 dam-a-ni-ta
7. {disz}lu2-{d}nin-urta
8. u3 lugal-ezem szesz-a-ni
9. dumu lu2-{d}nin-me gurusz-ne
10. in-szi-in-sa10-esz
11. sa10-am3# til-la-bi-sze3
12. 8(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
13. in-na-an-la2-esz
14. u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-u3
15. inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a
16. mu# lugal-bi in-pa3-de3-esz
reverse
1. igi ur-{d}suen dumu ma-s,a-am-i3-li2
2. igi puzur4-{d}mar-tu
3. dumu {d}en-lil2-me-sza4 sze3
4. igi# lugal-ezem dumu lugal-a-
5. [igi] {d}nin-urta-en-nam dub#-sar#
  blank space
6. iti#
7. mu# {d}bur-{d}suen lugal-e i-bi-{d}en-lil2 u3 im-gur-{d}da-mu bad3 gal-gal min-a-bi gu#? i7 buranun2-na-ka mu-du3_
  gu3# for gu2 on photo
seal 1
1. u4-[du10-mu]
  rest broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal (sale Sale of a house plot; PN1 and PN2 sell a 1 2/3 sar house plot and a 1 sar kislah plot to PN3 and PN4 for 8 shekels of silver; witnesses; bur-gul seal; 16x11 lines; 9.7x5.4)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: SAOC 44, 16

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-248
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0098
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  • Findspot Comments:

    OI/UM 1951-52: TA 184, level XA 1

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2020-01-16 at 10:10:28 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2017-12-30 at 05:45:54 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View

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

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

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“SAOC 44, 16 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257369.
SAOC 44, 16 artifact entry (No. P257369). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257369 (Original work published 2005)
SAOC 44, 16 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257369 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
@misc{2023SAOC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAOC 44, 16 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257369},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257369},
}


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PY  - 2023
ID  - P257369
LB  - CDLI:P257369
M1  - 2024/4/26/
TI  - SAOC 44, 16 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257369
ER  -
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