N 3063 (P278124)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 3063

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract; shares of an estate?; seals; witnesses; 10x6 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. [...-{d}]ba-ba6
2. [...] x hi-li-abzu
3. [...] dam-gar3-ra-ta
4. [szu] ba-an-ti-a
5. kiszib3# hi-li-abzu dam-a-ni
6. ib2-ra-ah-a
7. {disz}dingir-szu-mu-ba-li2-it,
8. nu-ub-su-su-u3
9. {gesz}rin2 dam-gar3-ra-bi
10. ha-la-ba-{d}ba-ba6
reverse
1. ib2-su-su-u3
2. igi ku3-{d}en-ki dumu ku3-{d}nisaba?
3. igi x-x-KI [...]-ku3-ga-ni-sze3
4. [igi ...]-x-ma-an-szum2 [...]-HI-mu-sze3
  blank space
  seal impression
5. [...]-x [...]
seal 1
1. [...] x-{d}ba-[ba6]
  rest 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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: upper left corner and most of rev broken
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal (Contract; shares of an estate?; seals; witnesses; 10x6 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 3063
  • Accession No.:

  • 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
2019-05-19 at 07:24:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-04-11 at 09:54:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI 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):

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“N 3063 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P278124.
N 3063 artifact entry (No. P278124). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278124 (Original work published 2005)
N 3063 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278124 (Accessed: May 10, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {N 3063 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P278124},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278124},
}


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