RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 05 (P259227)

Official or display 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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 02158

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
column 1
  broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [mu]-un#-tum2#-ma
2'. dumu#-na-kam
3'. dumu dam gidlam#
4'. u3 dumu dam# egir#-ra!
5'. nig2-gur11 ad#-da-ne-ne
6'. tesz2-a#-se3#-ga-bi
7'. i3-ba#-e-ne
8'-9'. tukum#-bi# lu2-u3#
10'. dam# in-tuku#
11'. [dumu] in-szi-in-tu#-[ud]
12'. [dumu]-bi# i3-ti
13'. [u3 geme2] lugal#-a-ni-ir#
14'. [dumu in-szi]-in#-tu-ud
15a'. [ad-da-a geme2]
15b'. u3# dumu-ne-ne
16'. [ama-ar-gi4-bi] in#-gar
17'. [dumu geme2]-ke4
18'. [dumu lugal-a-na]-ra
19'. [e2 nu-un-da]-ba#-e
20'. [tukum]-bi#
  rest broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. u3# [szu ba-an-la2-la2]
2'. e2#-ta [nu-ub-ta-e3-e?]
3a'. dam-a!-[ne2]
3b'. [dam 2(disz)-kam-ma]
4'. ba-an-tuku#-[tuku]
5'. dam egir-[ra-ke4]
6'. dam gidlam#-[...]
7'. in-il2-[il2-e?]
8'. tukum#-[bi]
9'. mu10#-us2#-sa2-tur#
10'. e2# uszbar#-ra#-[na-ka]
11'. [i3]-in-ku4#
12'. nig2-mu10-us2-sa2 in#-ak
13'. egir-bi-ta
14'. im-ta-an-e3-esz
15'. dam-a-ni ku-li-ni-ir
16'. ba-na-an-szum2#-mu-usz
17'. nig2-mu10-us2-sa2#-a-x
18'. in-tum2#-a#-[ni]
19'. in-na#-ab#-tab#?-[e-ne]
20'. dam-bi ku#-[li-ne2]
21'. nu-un-tuku#-[tuku]
22'. tukum#-[bi]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. ku3# dam tak4-a-ni u3#-[na-la2]
2'. kar-ke4-bi nu-un-tuku-[tuku]
3'. tukum-bi
4'. ad-da ti-la
5'. dumu igi-na sa6-ga
6'. nig2-ba in-na-an-ba
7'. kiszib3 in#-na-an-sar#
8'. egir [ad-da] ba#-usz2-a-ta
9'. ibila#-[e-ne]
10'. [e2 ad-da i3-ba-e-ne]
11'. ha#-[la ba-a nu-un-ba-e-ne]
12'. inim# [ad-da-ne-ne]
13'. a-a# [nu-un-ne-ne]
14'. tukum#-[bi]
15'. ad#-[da ti-la]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-x-e#?
2'. [i3-la2]-e#
3'. [inim] gi#-na {d#}utu#-ta
4'. [ki]-en#-gi ki-uri
5'. [di] gi-na he2-bi2-dab5
6'. [ka]-ta# e3-a {d}en-lil2-la2-ta
7'. {d#}li-pi2-it-esz18-dar
8'. dumu# {d}en-lil2-la2-me-en
9'. nig2-erim2 nig2-a2-zi
10'. ka#-[ge] he2#-em-mi-gi4
11'. [er2 a-nir] i-{d}utu di-bi
12'. nig2#-gig-ga he2-ni-ku4
13'-14'. nig2# zi nig2 gi-na [pa-e3] he2-em-mi-ak
15'-16'. [su ki-en]-gi ki-uri [hu-mu-du10]
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
RIME 4.01.05.add10 (Laws of Lipit-Ishtar) composite (P464355) Q000613 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P259227

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
fragments (2)

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 02158
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 577894
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.2158
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P259227

References

  • primary: RIME 4, 01.05.add10, ex. 05

    [Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: AS 16, p.1-12, p. 9-10

    [Civil1965law] Civil, Miguel. 1965. “New Sumerian Law Fragments.” In Studies in Honor of Benno Landsberger on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday, April 21, 1965, 1–12. Assyriological Studies 16. Chicago, Illinois: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2014-08-06 at 14:24:06 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-05 at 08:52:41 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-02 at 08:38:04 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-02 at 08:37:18 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“RIME 4.01.05.Add10, Ex. 05 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P259227.
RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 05 artifact entry (No. P259227). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259227 (Original work published 2005)
RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 05 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259227 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259227},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259227},
}


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TI  - RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 05 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“RIME 4.01.05.Add10, Ex. 05 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P259227.
RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 05 artifact entry (No. P259227). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259227 (Original work published 2005)
RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 05 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259227 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).
@misc{2023RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259227},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259227},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P259227
LB  - CDLI:P259227
M1  - 2026/10/10/
TI  - RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 05 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P259227
ER  -
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