OIP 011, 249 (P229318)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06527

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts, Lexical

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts, Lexical
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P229318

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 06527
Accession Number

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-10 at 14:13:30 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-03-07 at 09:42:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-02 at 09:21:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 249 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229318.
OIP 011, 249 artifact entry (No. P229318). (2025, March 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229318 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 249 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229318 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229318},
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Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 249 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229318.
OIP 011, 249 artifact entry (No. P229318). (2025, March 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229318 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 249 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229318 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 10},
	title = {OIP 011, 249 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229318},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229318},
}

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PY  - 2025
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