RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 08 (P263166)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 08326

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

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Witness

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. tukum#-bi
2. [dam] egir#-ra
3. [ba]-an#-tuku-a
4. dumu# in#-szi-in-tu-ud
5. sag-rig7
6. e2# ad-da-na-ta
7. mu#-un-tum2-ma
8. dumu#-na-ka
9. dumu dam gidlam
10. u3 dumu dam egir-ra
11. nig2#-gur11 ad-da-ne-ne
12. tesz2#-a se3-ga-bi
13. i3-ba-e-ne
14. tukum-bi lu2-u3
15. dam in-tuku
16. dumu in#-szi#-in-tu-ud
17. dumu-bi i3-ti
18. u3 geme2 lugal-a-ni-ir
19. dumu in-szi-in-tu-ud
20. ad-da-a geme2
21. u3 dumu-ne-ne
22. ama#-ar-gi4-bi# in#-gar
23. dumu geme2-ke4!
24. dumu lugal-a-na-da#
25. e2# nu-un-da-ba-e
26. tukum#-bi
27. [dam] gidlam-a-ni
28. [ba]-usz2
29. egir# dam-a-na-ta
30. [geme2]-ni nam-dam-sze3
31. [ba]-an#-tuku-tuku#
32. [dumu] dam#? [gidlam-a-na]
column 2
1. [ibila-ni i3-me-en]
2. dumu [geme2]
3. lugal-a-[ni-ir]
4. in-szi-in-tu-ud#
5. dumu dumu-gi7-gin7-nam#?
6. e2-a-ni ib2-du10-ge#
7. tukum-bi
8. lu2-u2
9. dam-a-ni
10. dumu nu-un-szi-in-tu-ud#
11. kar-ke4-da#
12. tilla2-a
13. dumu in-szi-in-tu-ud
14. kar-ke4-ba
15. sze-ba i3-ba
16. siki-ba-ni
17. in-na-ab-szum2-mu
18. dumu kar-ke4-de3
19. in-szi-in-tu-ud-da
20. ibila-ni i3-me-en!
21. u4 dam-a-ni
22. a-na ti-la-a-asz
23. kar-ke4
24. dam gidlam-ra
25. e2-a nu-mu-un-da-an-tusz
26. tukum-bi
27. lu2-u3
28. dam gidlam-a-ni
29. igi-ni ba-ab-gi4
30. [u3] szu# ba-an-la2!-la2
31. [e2]-ta nu-ub-ta-e3
reverse
column 1
1. dam-a-ne2
2. dam galam-na
3. ba-an-tuku-tuku
4. dam egir-ra
5. dam gidlam#
6. in-il2-il2#
7. tukum-bi
8. [mu10]-us2-sa2-tur#
9. e2# uszbar#-ra-na-ka
10. i3-in-ku4#
11. nig2-mu10#-[us2-sa2 in]-ak#
12. egir#-[bi-ta]
13. im#-[ta-an-e3]-esz#
14. dam#-[a-ni ku-li-ni]-ir#
15. ba-[na-an]-szum2#-esz
16. nig2#-[mu10]-us2#-sa2
17. in#-tum2#-[a]-ni#
18. in#-na-ab-tab!-e#-ne
19. dam#-bi ku-li#-ne2
20. nu#-un#-[tuku]-tuku
  rest broken
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...]
3-4. [kar-ke4]-bi# [nu-un-tuku]-tuku#
5. [tukum-bi]
6. [ad-da ti-la]
7. [dumu igi-na sa6-ga]
8. [nig2-ba in-na-an-ba]
9. [kiszib3 in-na-an]-sar#?
10. [egir ad-da ba-usz2-a]-ta#
11. [ibila-e]-ne#
12. [e2 ad-da i3-ba-e]-ne#
13. [ha-la ba-a nu-un-ba-e]-ne#
  rest broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RIME 4, 01.05.add10, ex. 08

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

  • history: PBS 1/2, 102

    [Lutz1919PBS1/2] Lutz, Henry F. 1919. Selected Sumerian and Babylonian Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 1/2. University of Pennsylvania.

  • history: AJA 52 (pp. 425-450), p.431

    [Steele1948AJA52] Steele, Francis R. 1948. “The Code of Lipit-Ishtar.” American Journal of Archaeology 52 (3): 425–50.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 08326
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-03 at 11:04:10 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2024-08-30 at 08:49:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-30 at 18:54:05 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact 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. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2014-08-05 at 08:48:25 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2014-08-02 at 08:47:57 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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

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

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Cite this Artifact

“RIME 4.01.05.Add10, Ex. 08 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P263166.
RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 08 artifact entry (No. P263166). (2024, August 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263166 (Original work published 2005)
RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263166 (Accessed: September 20, 2025).
@misc{2024RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 30},
	title = {RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P263166},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263166},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/30/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P263166
LB  - CDLI:P263166
M1  - 2025/9/20/
TI  - RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 08 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P263166
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“RIME 4.01.05.Add10, Ex. 08 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P263166.
RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 08 artifact entry (No. P263166). (2024, August 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263166 (Original work published 2005)
RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263166 (Accessed: September 20, 2025).
@misc{2024RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 30},
	title = {RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P263166},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263166},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/30/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P263166
LB  - CDLI:P263166
M1  - 2025/9/20/
TI  - RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 08 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P263166
ER  -
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