SLFN 74, 3N-T923, 494 (P230707)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

Penn —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (Obv: Model contract; Rev: Model contract Model contracts: Grain.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal > Business / Contracts (Obv: Model contract; Rev: Model contract Model contracts: Grain.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P230707
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P230707

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number	3N-T0923,494
Findspot	Nippur, TA 182 XI 2
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

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

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	3NT.923.494
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P230707

References

primary: SLFN, 74, 3N-T923, 494

[Heimerdinger1979SLFN] Heimerdinger, Jane W. 1979. Sumerian Literary Fragments from Nippur. Vol. 4. Occasional Publications of the Babylonian Fund. Philadelphia : Distributed by the Babylonian Fund, University Museum.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-29 at 15:20:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-29 at 15:10:02	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“SLFN 74, 3N-T923, 494 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230707.

SLFN 74, 3N-T923, 494 artifact entry (No. P230707). (2024, June 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230707 (Original work published 2003)

SLFN 74, 3N-T923, 494 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230707 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“SLFN 74, 3N-T923, 494 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230707.

SLFN 74, 3N-T923, 494 artifact entry (No. P230707). (2024, June 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230707 (Original work published 2003)

SLFN 74, 3N-T923, 494 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230707 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

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	month = {jun 29},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230707},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230707},
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