SAOC 44, 68 (P257348)

Legal 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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-169bis

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Temple office sale)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

144.0 mm × 100.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] na lu2 [...]
2'. [...] AN x [...] 2(disz)? [...]
3'. [...] KA? [...]
4'. ha-[...]
5'. [...]
6'. disz? AN x [...] sa10#
7'. [...] sa10#
8'. [...] NI x
9'. ku3 x [...] ku3-babbar#
10'. in-na-[an-la2 ...]
11'. u4-kur2-sze3 ha-ba-na#-tum u3# [...]
12'. nam-gudu4 u3 nam-[...]
13'. x nu [...]
14'. [mu] lugal-bi# [in-pa3]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. [igi] lu2-{d}nanna [...]
3'. dumu nam-ma-ni-[i3]-sa6#?
4'. [igi] inim#-{d}nin-urta# [...]
5'. [igi ...]
6'. [...] x
7'. [igi {d}en-lil2-ma]-an-szum2
8'. [dumu] {d}nin-urta#-[ma-an-szum2] szesz#-a-ni
9'. [igi da-mi]-iq-[i3-li2-szu ...]
10'. [igi na]-bi#?-[{d}en-lil2-la2 szesz?-a?]-ni
  n lines broken
11'. [...] x [...]
  single ruling
12'. [...] x ki [...]
13'. [mu {d}ri?]-im-{d}[suen? ... i3-si]-in{ki} [...]
seal 1
1. ha-ba-an-na-tum
2. lukur {d}nin-urta
envelope
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. igi x-bi-x [...]
2'. igi im#-gur-{d}nin-urta nu-esz3#
3'. dumu lu2-{d}nin-urta
4'. igi im-gu-bil2? dumu ip-x-[...]
5'. igi inim-{d}nin-urta ugula [...]
6'. igi# lu2-{d}nanna lu# [lunga]
7'. [igi] dumu nam-ma-ni-[i3-sa6]
8'. [igi] ig-mil-{d}suen x [...]
9'. igi {d}en-lil2-ma-an-[szum2]
10'. dumu {d}nin-urta-ma-an#-[szum2]
11'. igi da-mi-iq-i3-li2-szu
12'. igi na-bi-{d}en-lil2-la2
13'. [igi nu?]-ur2#?-{d}iszkur x [...]

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 144.0 high × 100.0 wide
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal (Temple office sale)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: SAOC 44, 68

    [Stone1987neighborhoods] Stone, Elizabeth C. 1987. Nippur Neighborhoods. Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 44. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

  • citation: JCS 18 (pp. 102-113), 102ff.

    [Goetze1964JCSAtta] Goetze, Albrecht. 1964. “The Archive of Attã from Nippur.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 18 (4): 102–13. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359249.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-169bis
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: 2N-T0783bis
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

    OI/UM 1949-50: TB 75, level E 2

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-10 at 10:40:52 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2020-01-16 at 10:10:59 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

20140105 dorado: incorrect image in CDLI

Cite this Artifact
“SAOC 44, 68 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P257348.
SAOC 44, 68 artifact entry (No. P257348). (2024, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257348 (Original work published 2005)
SAOC 44, 68 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257348 (Accessed: June 29, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {SAOC 44, 68 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257348},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257348},
}


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