TMH 11, 04 (P231449)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

Museum Number

HS 2500a

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (model contracts Model contracts partnership/inheritance. Note colophon: #u ur-du//6-ku//3-ga dub-sar-tur dumu d.Nusku-ka?(definitely not nam)-tar-ra Followed by a box-design, filling the empty place in the column.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal > Business / Contracts (model contracts Model contracts partnership/inheritance. Note colophon: #u ur-du//6-ku//3-ga dub-sar-tur dumu d.Nusku-ka?(definitely not nam)-tar-ra Followed by a box-design, filling the empty place in the column.) School text
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P231449
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P231449

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)	Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Museum Number	HS 2500a
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Old Babylonian Model Contracts (OBMC)	P231449
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P231449
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	HS.2500.A
Wikidata (Wikidata)	Q120001346

References

primary: TMH 11, 01, 04

[Spada2018TMH11] Spada, Gabriella. 2018. Sumerian Model Contracts from the Old Babylonian Period in the Hilprecht Collection Jena. Texte Und Materialien Der Frau Professor Hilprecht Collection 11.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-11-06 at 19:23:20	Willighagen, Lars	Artifact metadata	Willighagen, Lars	Wikidata	Willighagen, Lars	Approved
2023-10-19 at 12:08:07	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“TMH 11, 04 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 6, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231449.

TMH 11, 04 artifact entry (No. P231449). (2024, November 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231449 (Original work published 2003)

TMH 11, 04 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231449 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 6},
	title = {TMH 11, 04 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231449},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231449},
}

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DA  - 2024/11/6/
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M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - TMH 11, 04 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“TMH 11, 04 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 6, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231449.

TMH 11, 04 artifact entry (No. P231449). (2024, November 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231449 (Original work published 2003)

TMH 11, 04 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231449 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

@misc{2024TMH,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 6},
	title = {TMH 11, 04 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231449},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231449},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/11/6/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P231449
LB  - CDLI:P231449
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - TMH 11, 04 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P231449
ER  -