MSL 11, 112 I1 (P229365)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

OIM A33510

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts, Lexical

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  A 33510 = 3N-T920y (photo Lieberman; MSLF Misc 3) negative 1977 28
obverse
column 1
1. zu2-lum
2. zu2-lum sag10
3. zu2-lum gen
4. zu2-lum# babbar
5. zu2#-lum# [...]
6. zu2#-lum# x# [...]
reverse
  undeciphered

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts, Lexical
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000043 (OB Nippur Ura 06) composite (P498273) Q000043 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P229365

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number 3N-T0920y
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum Number OIM A33510
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (OI) 40955a04-519f-408d-8312-b49999168a05
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229365
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229365

References

  • primary: MSL 11, 112 I1

    [Civil1974MSL11] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1974. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets XX-XXIV. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 11. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

  • history: photo Lieberman Misc. 3

    [sec33001] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-10 at 14:13:30 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-03-07 at 09:42:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2008-05-26 at 03:10:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 11, 112 I1 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229365.
MSL 11, 112 I1 artifact entry (No. P229365). (2025, March 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229365 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 11, 112 I1 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229365 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 10},
	title = {MSL 11, 112 {I1} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229365},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229365},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 11, 112 I1 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229365.
MSL 11, 112 I1 artifact entry (No. P229365). (2025, March 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229365 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 11, 112 I1 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229365 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 10},
	title = {MSL 11, 112 {I1} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229365},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229365},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/10/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P229365
LB  - CDLI:P229365
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - MSL 11, 112 I1 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229365
ER  -
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