HS 1702 (P229901)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), and now kept in Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

Museum Collection(s)

Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

Museum Number

HS 1702

Period

-

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Forerunners ki-ulutin-bi-sze3)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
  (single ruling between each entry)
obverse
  beginning broken
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. x x x
 en: ...
2'. x x x
 en: ...
3'. x x x
 en: ...
4'. [ab-ba-iri]{ki#}
 en: elder of the city
5'. x x x
 en: ...
6'. [ab-ba] di-ku5
 en: elder of the judge
7'. [igi ab]-ba#-iri{ki}
 en: before the elders of the city
8'. maszkim#!
 en: administrator
9'. [maszkim] iri{ki}
 en: administrator of the city
10'. [maszkim] lugal!
 en: administrator of the king
11'. [maszkim] di-ku5
 en: administrator of the judge
12'. [in]-kur2
 en: he denied
13'. [in-kur2]-e-me-esz
 en: they will deny
14'. [nam-dumu]-a-ni-sze3
 en: into legal status as [son]
15'. [nam]-ibila#-a-ni-sze3
 en: into legal status as [heir]
16'. [nam-szesz]-a#-ni-sze3
 en: into legal status as [brother]
17'. x x x
 en: ...
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. in#-[...]
 en: ...
2'. in-x-[...]
 en: ...
3'. in#-[...]
 en: ...
4'. in#-[...]
 en: ...
5'. in-x-[...]
 en: ...
6'. in#-[hun]
 en: he hired
7'. in-hun-[e-mesz]
 en: they will hire
8'. in-[sar]
 en: he wrote
9'. in-sar-[e-mesz]
 en: they will write
10'. in ba!-an-ku4#-[ku4]
 en: the straw was brought in
11'. in# nu#-ba-an-ku4#-[ku4]
 en: the straw was not brought in
12'. ze2#?-re#-[dam]
 en: to be broken
13'. {na4#}kiszib ul-pa! x
 en: after the seal is found [it is to be broken]
14'. szu-du8-[a]
 en: guarantor
15'. szu-du8-[a-ni]
 en: his guarantor
16'. szu-du8-a-ne-[ne]
 en: their guarantor
17'. szu-du8 szu bi2#-[in-te]
 en: he stood surety for it
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Forerunners ki-ulutin-bi-sze3)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P229901

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Museum Number HS 1702
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229901
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229901
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) HS.1702
Wikidata (Wikidata) Q120083794

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-11-06 at 19:23:20 Willighagen, Lars Artifact metadata Willighagen, Lars Wikidata Willighagen, Lars Approved View
2023-10-19 at 12:08:07 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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 15:26:27 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2018-06-21 at 12:40:34 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-11-02 at 08:46:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI, CDLI 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

“HS 1702 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 6, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229901.
HS 1702 artifact entry (No. P229901). (2024, November 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229901 (Original work published 2003)
HS 1702 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229901 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
@misc{2024HS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 6},
	title = {HS 1702 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229901},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229901},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/11/6/
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TI  - HS 1702 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“HS 1702 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 6, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229901.
HS 1702 artifact entry (No. P229901). (2024, November 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229901 (Original work published 2003)
HS 1702 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229901 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
@misc{2024HS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 6},
	title = {HS 1702 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229901},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229901},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/11/6/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229901
LB  - CDLI:P229901
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - HS 1702 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229901
ER  -
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