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JANES 18, 47 16 (P200680)

Letter tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A30012

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) ninda ki du-x
2. 2(disz) NIG2 ezem-ma
3. iri sig4-a
4. 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda ki du-du
5. 2(disz) NIG2 ezem-ma
6. 3(disz) ninda ab x
7. iti szu-numun-a
reverse
1. giri3 a2-na-mu
2. 3(disz) NIG2 esz3-esz3
3. giri3 ur-{d}szu-mah
4. szunigin# 4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda
blank space
5. {d}utu-ba-an-e3#
6. u3-na-a-du11
7. he2-ne-eb-kal-ge
seal 1
1. {d}en-lil2-UD-[x]
2. dub-sar muhaldim
3. dumu ur-{d}[...]

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)

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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: JANES 18 (pp. 31-51), 47 16

[van de Mieroop1986JANES18] Van De Mieroop, Marc. 1986. “Nippur Texts from the Early Isin Period.” Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society, New York 18 (1): 31–51.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: OIM A30012
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: 2N-T0577
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.04.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-20 at 18:58:42	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:11	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:32:07	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 11:24:23	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:24	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas	CDLI	approved

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Oriental Institute Integrated Database (ce60f72e-4256-4422-9bab-ddaf41536f13)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005550 (composite) (P458260)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

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“JANES 18, 47 16 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200680.

JANES 18, 47 16 artifact entry (No. P200680). (2024, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200680 (Original work published 2002)

JANES 18, 47 16 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200680 (Accessed: June 6, 2025).

@misc{2024JANES,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {JANES 18, 47 16 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200680},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200680},
}

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ER  -

“JANES 18, 47 16 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200680.

JANES 18, 47 16 artifact entry (No. P200680). (2024, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200680 (Original work published 2002)

JANES 18, 47 16 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200680 (Accessed: June 6, 2025).

@misc{2024JANES,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {JANES 18, 47 16 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200680},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200680},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P200680
LB  - CDLI:P200680
M1  - 2025/6/6/
TI  - JANES 18, 47 16 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200680
ER  -

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