OB Contracts, pl. B5-6 no. 12 (P276387)

Legal tablet & envelope 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

N 1236 & N 1094 + N 1171 (case)

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Exchange of courtyards; witnesses; seals; 16x14 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: N 1171 + N 1094 (envelope)
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Exchange of courtyards; witnesses; seals; 16x14 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: OB Contracts, B5-6 no. 12

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

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  • Museum No.: N 1236 & N 1094 + N 1171 (case)
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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
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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

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dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“OB Contracts, Pl. B5-6 No. 12 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P276387.
OB Contracts, pl. B5-6 no. 12 artifact entry (No. P276387). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P276387 (Original work published 2005)
OB Contracts, pl. B5-6 no. 12 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P276387 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Contracts}, pl. {B5}-6 no. 12 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P276387},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P276387},
}


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