TIM 04, 13 (P223276)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 010891

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (adoption)

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tablet
obverse
1. {disz}{d}nanna-a2-mah dumu esz3-a-ab-du-ke4#
2. {disz}i#-[pi2]-iq#-{d}en-lil2 dumu we-e-di-ra
3. sze-ba# [i3]-ba# u3 siki-ba
4. mu-da-ta in-na-an-kal
5. gibil-bi-esz-am3# {disz}i-pi2-iq-{d}en-lil2-e
6. dub nam-ibila {disz}{d}nanna-a2-mah-ra in-na-an-tak4
7. nam-gudu4 {d}lu2-lal3# mu-a iti 2(disz)-am3
8. nam-ugula-e2 nam-i3-du8 nam-kisal-luh u3 <nam>-bur-szu-ma
9. {disz}i-pi2-iq-{d}en-lil2-e
10. {disz}{d}nanna-a2-mah-ra in-na-an-szum2
11. 5(ban2) sze-ba 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz iti-da 4(disz) ma-na siki mu#-a
12. {disz}{d}nanna-a2-mah-e
13. {disz}i-pi2-iq-{d}en-lil2-ra in-na-ab-kal-ge
14. u4 kur2-sze3 i-pi2-iq-{d}en-lil2-e
15. {disz}{d}nanna-a2-mah dumu-na-ra
16. dumu-mu nu-me-en ba-na-an-du11
17. nam-gudu4 u3 nam-ugula-e2#-ni-ta
18. ba-e-re-a-e11-de3
reverse
1. u3# 1/3(disz)# ma-na ku3-babbar# i3#-[la2-e]
2. u3 {d}nanna-a2-mah#-[e]
3. {disz}i-pi2-iq-{d}en-lil2-[ra]
4. ad-da-mu nu-me-en ba-na#-[an-du11]
5. sze-ba i3-ba u3 siki-ba in-na#-an#-[kal]
6. inim nu-um-ga2-ga2#
7. u3 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar i3-la2-e
8. en-na i-pi2-iq-{d}en-lil2 al-ti-la-asz
9. nam-gudu4 u3 nam-ugula-e2-ta al-gu7-e
10. igi geme2-e2-kur-ri-tum nin-dingir {d}lu2-lal3
11. u3 ARAD2-i3-li2-szu dumu-ne-ne-sze3
12. {disz}i-pi2-iq-{d}en-lil2 ad-da ti-la
13. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
14. igi# [{d}]da#-mu-a-zu dumu {d}utu-ba-an-e3-sze3
15. igi# [{d}]nanna#?-lu2-ti dumu ur-ku3-zu-sze3
16. igi u2-s,i2-na-we-er dumu ne-za-za-tum
17. igi nig2-gur11-{d}nanna dumu {d}inanna-igi-du-sze3
18. igi lu2-dingir-ra dumu lugal-nesag2-e gudu4 {d}nin-urta-sze3
19. igi# lugal#-ibila dub-sar-sze3
20. igi sa-mi-ia dumu ba-ru#?-ia-sze3
21. iti sig4-a mu {d}en-lil2#-ba-ni lugal-e lagar# {d}en-lil2-la2 mu-hun#-ga2
seal 1
1. i-pi2-iq-{d}en-lil2
2. dumu we-e-di

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: TIM 4, 13

    [vanDijk1967TIM4] Dijk, Johannes J. A. van. 1967. Old Babylonian Contracts and Juridical Texts. Texts in the Iraq Museum 4. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz.

  • history: MC 3, 01

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: IM 010891
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-02 at 08:17:02 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-11-01 at 08:52:18 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2017-12-27 at 06:21:02 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2003-05-15 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Guerra, Dylan Oriental Institute Integrated Database CDLI approved View

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    There is no external resource for this artifact yet.

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 Artifact
“TIM 04, 13 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P223276.
TIM 04, 13 artifact entry (No. P223276). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P223276 (Original work published 2003)
TIM 04, 13 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P223276 (Accessed: May 7, 2025).
@misc{2024TIM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {TIM 04, 13 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P223276},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P223276},
}


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