N 4141 (P279013)

Administrative 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 4141

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Business; 6x7 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. x x [...]
2'. x x [...]
3'. iri{ki} x x
4'. lugal-bi [...]
5'. eresz-bi gesz?-[...]
  or cursive E2
6'. ama lugal-[la ...]
7'. u4#-ba x [...]
8'. [...] x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. ki [...]
2'. igi-mu in-x-[...]
3'. ki-sikil ku3 szu TE-[...]
4'. ki-sikil za-gin3# szu# [...]
5'. nu-me-a-ra x [...]
6'. x x x [...]
  rest broken
left
1. [mu]-szid-bi 1(gesz2) 2(u)-am3

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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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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: left edge
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  • Museum No.: N 4141
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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
2014-04-11 at 13:15:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Peterson, Jeremiah 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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Cite this Artifact
“N 4141 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P279013.
N 4141 artifact entry (No. P279013). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P279013 (Original work published 2005)
N 4141 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P279013 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {N 4141 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P279013},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P279013},
}


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