TMH 10, 008 (P283603)

Business / Contracts tablet & envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey, Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

Museum Number

HS 2077 & Ist Ni 01996 ?

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (adoption)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

95.0 mm × 53.0 mm × 30.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 95.0 high × 53.0 wide × 30.0 thick
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  • Seal information:

    bur-gul seals

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  • primary: TMH 10, 8

    [Goddeeris2016TMH10] Goddeeris, Anne. 2016. The Old Babylonian Legal and Administrative Texts in the Hilprecht Collection Jena. Texte Und Materialien Der Frau Professor Hilprecht Collection. Neue Folge 10. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

  • history: BE 6/2, 46

    [Poebel1909BE6/2] Poebel, Arno. 1909. Babylonian Legal and Business Documents from the Time of the First Dynasty of Babylon, Chiefly from Nippur. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts 6/2. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology.

    (envelope)


  • history: MC 3, 21 (envelope)

    [Stone1991Adoption] Stone, Elizabeth C., and David I. Owen. 1991. Adoption in Old Babylonian Nippur and the Archive of Mannum-Mešu-Liṣṣur. Vol. 3. Mesopotamina Civilizations.

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  • Museum No.: HS 2077 & Ist Ni 01996 ?
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
2024-07-02 at 08:17:02 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2005-11-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI Approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifacts

“TMH 10, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 6, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P283603.
TMH 10, 008 artifact entry (No. P283603). (2024, November 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283603 (Original work published 2005)
TMH 10, 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283603 (Accessed: April 4, 2026).
@misc{2024TMH,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 6},
	title = {TMH 10, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P283603},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283603},
}

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TI  - TMH 10, 008 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“TMH 10, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 6, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P283603.
TMH 10, 008 artifact entry (No. P283603). (2024, November 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283603 (Original work published 2005)
TMH 10, 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283603 (Accessed: April 4, 2026).
@misc{2024TMH,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 6},
	title = {TMH 10, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P283603},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283603},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/11/6/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P283603
LB  - CDLI:P283603
M1  - 2026/4/4/
TI  - TMH 10, 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P283603
ER  - 
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