UM 29-16-437 (P230638)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-16-437

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 Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) Obv. model contracts: houses; rev. domestic animals (col. from left to right).)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
  1 line traces
2'. kiszib#-ba-ni
3'. mu kiszib-ba-ni x [...]
4'. DISZ ur-{d}nin-urta [...]
5'. DISZ ur-ku3-zu nam-erim2(|NE.RU|)#
6'. ba-an-szi-ni?-in#-[...]
7'. e2 {d}nin-urta [...]
8'. DISZ hi-sza-tum nin x [...]
9'. ba-ra-an-[...]
10'. u3 nig2 hi-sza-tum mu-ni-[...]
11'. e2 ad-da-gu10 nu-gal2-[...]
12'. DISZ ur-ku3-zu nam-erim2-ma [...]
13'. u4 kur2-sze3 DISZ ki-lul-la u3 ibila-[a-ni]
14'. a-na me-a-bi inim nu-um-ga2-ga2
15'. mu lugal-bi in-pad3 u3 LU [...]
16'. e2 {d}nin-urta-kam
17'. arad(ARAD)-{d}esz18-dar dumu {d}suen-up-gur
reverse
  columns left to right
column 1
1. udu niga
2. udu niga sag10
3. udu niga gir2 gu-la
4. udu nita2
5. udu nita2 gesz du3-a
6. udu [...]
7. udu [...]
8. udu a#-[lum]
9. udu a#-[lum niga]
column 2
1. udu sa-ad [nim]
2. udu si il-[la2]
3. udu si min [la2]
4. udu# [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (Obv: Model contract; Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) Obv. model contracts: houses; rev. domestic animals (col. from left to right).)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397) Q000001 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P230638

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 29-16-437
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 567175
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-16-437
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P230638
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P230638

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
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
2008-05-26 at 03:52:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“UM 29-16-437 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230638.
UM 29-16-437 artifact entry (No. P230638). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230638 (Original work published 2003)
UM 29-16-437 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230638 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 29-16-437 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230638},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230638},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P230638
LB  - CDLI:P230638
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - UM 29-16-437 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230638
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UM 29-16-437 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230638.
UM 29-16-437 artifact entry (No. P230638). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230638 (Original work published 2003)
UM 29-16-437 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230638 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2023UM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 29-16-437 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230638},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230638},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P230638
LB  - CDLI:P230638
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - UM 29-16-437 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230638
ER  -
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