NABU 2008/075 (P262885)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07928

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (adoption Business document?; Rev.mostly destroyed, (Obv)7x(Rev)2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. {disz#}i3-li2-e-ri-ba-am
2. dumu a-hi-sza-gi4-isz
3. {disz}mu-na-wi-ru-um dumu dingir-lam-[...]
4. {disz}mu-na-wi-ir-tum dam-a-ni#
5. {disz}i3-li2-e-ri-ba-am
6. dumu a-hi-sza-gi4-isz
7. nam#-ibila#-ni-[sze3 ...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: u. pt, RE. missing, ruled
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  • Museum No.: CBS 07928
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2022-06-16 at 08:08:01 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“NABU 2008/075 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262885.
NABU 2008/075 artifact entry (No. P262885). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262885 (Original work published 2005)
NABU 2008/075 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262885 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
@misc{2023NABU,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NABU 2008/075 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262885},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262885},
}


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