ZA 097, 001-025 (P230716)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11324

Period

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Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (Obv: Model contract Model contracts: domestic.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. esz3 nibru{ki} ki-tusz ku3! libir ul-ta gar-ra-ba
2. [iri?] numun# i-i dim-gal ki-en-gi-ra
3. kur# za3 til-bi-sze3 mu mah-bi ar2-re-esz i-im-ak-ne
4. hur-sag an-ta-gal2 ni2 su zi gur3#?-ru#
5. gesz#?-bur nu2#-a-ba sun7-na la-ba-ra-e3#
6. x-ta#? e2#? gal#? gu sa-bi gid2-i#?-[x?]
7. x-x igi-te-en-ba hul-gal2 x x? [x?]
8. u4# {d}en-lil2-le iri-ni u3!-bi2-in-x [...] igi zalag im-szi-in-bar#-[...]
9. ARAD2-{d}suen nun sza3 sze-ga-na#-me#-en# nig2-si-sa2 ga2-ga2 nig2-lul gil-le#-e-de3
10. gu3 hul2! ma-ni-in-de2
11. a2-bi mu-da-an#-ag2#!
12. nun#?-e sipa zi sza3-hul2#?-le# nig2 mu-DI#? [...]
reverse
1. nibru#{ki}-a nig2 x [...] ki edin-sze3# x [...]
2. i? x x x?-bi#?
3. lu2 x-bi |MASZ.EN.KAK|-a#-ni#?
4. x {d}nin-lil2#-ka szu# he2-bi2-bar
5. gu2#-un-bi hu-mu-du8
6. sza3-bi# he2-em#-[x?]-du10#?
7. sahar ku3#?-bi hu#?-mu#?-[...]
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8. nig2 ak-ak-da#-ga2 e2# dingir-re-e#-ne#-[...] i-ni-gar-gar-ra-x [...]
9. um-mi-a ku3-zu um-mi-a [...] u3-mu#-[x] x-ib2#?-[...]
10. in?-SZESZ#? x x he2#-eb2#-x [...]
11. a-ra2 na-me-ka# nig2 ga2-[la? nu?-dag? ...] na-me ba#?-ra?#-ha#?-lam#?
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ZA 97, p.1-25

    [Klein2007courtcases] Klein, Jacob, and Tonia M. Sharlach. 2007. “A Collection of Model Court Cases from Old Babylonian Nippur (CBS 11324).” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 97: 1–25.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 11324
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-04-26 at 13:40:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune 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
2021-02-06 at 13:40:58 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Földi, Zsombor J.; Zólyomi, Gábor CDLI approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“ZA 097, 001-025 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230716.
ZA 097, 001-025 artifact entry (No. P230716). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230716 (Original work published 2003)
ZA 097, 001-025 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230716 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).
@misc{2023ZA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {ZA 097, 001-025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230716},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230716},
}


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