OIP 104, 030a (P220646)

Legal kudurru excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 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 09326

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Kudurru

Material(s)

Sedimentary rock > Limestone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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object stone disk
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [x]
2'. i#?-x-[...]
3'. tug2#? ib2#? [x?]
4'. KU tum#? [x?]
5'. x [...]
6'. mes#-nu2#-[a?]
7'. dumu#-dumu
8'. sangax(|SZID#.GAR|)
9'. 2(bur3@c) GAN2
10'. 3(asz@c)# ku3-babbar ma-na
11'. ti#?-ti#? [a?]-zu
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. esz2-gid2 [si]-sa2
2'. sag gesz x GAN2
3'. 1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) GAN2
4'. 2(asz@c) ku3-babbar ma-na 5(asz@c)# gin2#
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. i#-[x]-lum-[x]
2'. dumu x-x
3'. 1(esze3@c) GAN2#
4'. 1/2(disz@c) 2(asz@c)# 1/2(disz@c)#? ku3-babbar gin2
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. [x] x [x?] x [x]
2'. pu3#-ma-[ma?]
3'. dumu-dumu-me
4'. 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c)
5'. 2(asz@c) ku3-babbar la2 3(asz@c) sza-na-bi3
column 5
  beginning broken
  traces
1'. 2(iku@c) GAN2
2'. 1(u@c) ku3-babbar# gin2#
3'. pu3-ma#?-ma#?
4'. iri-mu
column 6
  beginning broken
1'. [x] x [x]
2'. 2(iku@c)# 1/2(iku@c)#? GAN2#
3'. 1(u@c)? 2(asz@c) 1/2(disz@c) [ku3-babbar gin2]
4'. x [...]
5'. [...]
6'. [...]
7'. x [...]
8'. lu2#?-x-nu2-a [x?]
column 7
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. x-[x]-a#?
3'. il#-su-ra-bi2#
4'. u3#-x-[...]
  rest broken
  rest of obverse broken
reverse
  broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

  • Artifact type: Kudurru Artifact type comments:

    disk; kudurru

  • Material: Sedimentary rock > Limestone
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: restored from many frags, inscribed but largely destroyed
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    disk; kudurru

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 09326
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

    surface find on Mound X; Westenholz: "found during the week ending Jan. 19, 1895 close to the surface in a deep valley on Mound X in loose, washed-down soil."

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-08-01 at 23:45:47 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2017-06-24 at 11:37:28 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“OIP 104, 030a Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P220646.
OIP 104, 030a artifact entry (No. P220646). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220646 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 104, 030a artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220646 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {OIP 104, 030a artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P220646},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P220646},
}


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