OB Contracts, pl. E7 no. 40 (P276085)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 0924

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of a house; seals; 3x3 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. 3(disz) gin2 x x x [...]
2'. in-na-an-la2
3'. u4 kur2-sze3 {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am
reverse
1. u3 ibila-ni a-na-me-a-bi
2. [...] sar e2-bi-sze3 inim# nu#-ga2#-ga2-a
3. [...] x x [...]
  rest broken
seal 1
1. {d}suen-e-ri-[ba-am]
2. dumu AN-da-x-x-[...]

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Sale of a house; seals; 3x3 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P276085

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 0924
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 569645
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.924

References

  • primary: OB Contracts, E7 no. 40

    [Stone1976OBContracts] Stone, Elizabeth C. 1976. “Old Babylonian Contracts from Nippur.” Oriental Institute of Chicago Microfiche Archives. University of Chicago.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2014-05-01 at 09:41:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“OB Contracts, Pl. E7 No. 40 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P276085.
OB Contracts, pl. E7 no. 40 artifact entry (No. P276085). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P276085 (Original work published 2005)
OB Contracts, pl. E7 no. 40 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P276085 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
@misc{2023OB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Contracts}, pl. {E7} no. 40 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P276085},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P276085},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P276085
LB  - CDLI:P276085
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - OB Contracts, pl. E7 no. 40 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P276085
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OB Contracts, Pl. E7 No. 40 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P276085.
OB Contracts, pl. E7 no. 40 artifact entry (No. P276085). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P276085 (Original work published 2005)
OB Contracts, pl. E7 no. 40 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P276085 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
@misc{2023OB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Contracts}, pl. {E7} no. 40 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P276085},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P276085},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P276085
LB  - CDLI:P276085
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - OB Contracts, pl. E7 no. 40 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P276085
ER  -
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