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

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

-

Text

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

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P220646

Physical information

disk; kudurru

Artifact type Kudurru
disk; kudurru
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Sedimentary rock > Limestone
Preservation
restored from many frags, inscribed but largely destroyed

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
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."
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 09326
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 583840
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.9326

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata 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. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2017-06-24 at 11:37:28 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“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: April 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	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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Cite this Artifacts

“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: April 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	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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DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P220646
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - OIP 104, 030a artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P220646
ER  -
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