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
Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
N 1627Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Contract; concerning a temple office; 9 lines)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Period | Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | S999999 | - | - |
| CDLI number | P276752 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P276752 |
| Artifact type | Tablet & envelope |
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| Dimensions | |
| Weight | |
| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
case
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| Provenience | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
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| Written In | |
| Archive | |
| Excavation Number | |
| Findspot | |
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| Collection(s) |
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Museum Number | N 1627 |
| Accession Number |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
|---|---|
| Penn Museum (Penn) | 570275 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | N.1627 |
primary: OB Contracts, G7 no. 69
| 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 |
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| 2014-04-11 at 09:54:55 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah | Penn Museum | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2023OB,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
year = {2023},
month = {feb 1},
title = {OB {Contracts}, pl. {G7} no. 69 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P276752},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P276752},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2023/2/1/ PY - 2023 ID - P276752 LB - CDLI:P276752 M1 - 2026/10/16/ TI - OB Contracts, pl. G7 no. 69 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P276752 ER -