BE 06/2, 029 (P266083)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 10890

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (W/seal impressions on all edges; *From the kiln of Tablet Hill; (Obv)11x(Rev)10 lines)

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 gug4-sze
 en: A stubble field of 4 iku
2. sza3 a-sza3 {d}nin-unug
 en: in the field of the god Nin-unug
3. us2-a-du a-gu-u2-a
 en: adiacent to Agūa,
4. a-sza3 ip-qa2-tum dumu ur-du6-ku3-ga
 en: the field of Ipqatum son of Ur-dukugga,
5. ki ip-qa2-tum dumu ur-du6-ku3-ga-ta
 en: from Ipqatum, son of Ur-dukugga,
6. {disz}{d}da-mu-i-din-nam-ke4
 en: Damu-i(d)dinam
7. nam-apin-la2-sze3
 en: in tenancy
8. igi-3(disz)-gal2-sze3
 en: for one-third (of the crop)
9. a2# mu-u2-a-sze3
 en: as yearly rent
10. [ib2]-ta-an-e3
 en: has rented.
reverse
1. igi dingir-ma-an-szum2
 en: Before Dingir-manšum,
2. igi i-na-e2-kur-ra-bi
 en: before Ina-ekurabi,
3. igi lu2-{d}nanna dub-sar
 en: before Lu-nanna the scribe,
4. igi {d}en-lil2-gal-zu
 en: before Enlil-galzu.
  blank space
5. iti sig4-a
 en: The month of Simānum
6. mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal du11-ga an {d}en-lil2-bi-da bad3 uri2{ki} u3 unu{ki}-ga mu-un-gul-la
 en: (of) the year (in which) king Samsu-iluna by the order of Anu and Enlil the wall of Ur and Uruk destroyed.
seal 1
1. {d}asznan
2. {d}asznan-gal2

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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  • Condition Description: well preserved, broken off on corner
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  • Genre(s): Legal (W/seal impressions on all edges; *From the kiln of Tablet Hill; (Obv)11x(Rev)10 lines)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: BE 6/2, 29

    [Poebel1909BE6/2] Poebel, Arno. 1909. Babylonian Legal and Business Documents from the Time of the First Dynasty of Babylon, Chiefly from Nippur. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts 6/2. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 10890
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2020-08-13 at 08:44:16 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Guidi, Carlo CDLI approved View
2020-06-02 at 02:55:26 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

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

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 06/2, 029 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P266083.
BE 06/2, 029 artifact entry (No. P266083). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P266083 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/2, 029 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P266083 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 06/2, 029 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P266083},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P266083},
}


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