TMH 10, 008 (P283603)

Business / Contracts tablet & envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey, Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

Museum Number

HS 2077 & Ist Ni 01996 ?

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (adoption)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

95.0 mm × 53.0 mm × 30.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (adoption)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

bur-gul 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/P283603

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions 95.0 mm × 53.0 mm × 30.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Museum Number HS 2077 & Ist Ni 01996 ?
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) Ni.1996
Wikidata (Wikidata) Q119981027

References

  • primary: TMH 10, 8

    [Goddeeris2016TMH10] Goddeeris, Anne. 2016. The Old Babylonian Legal and Administrative Texts in the Hilprecht Collection Jena. Texte Und Materialien Der Frau Professor Hilprecht Collection. Neue Folge 10. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

  • history: BE 6/2, 46

    [Poebel1909BE6/2] Poebel, Arno. 1909. Babylonian Legal and Business Documents from the Time of the First Dynasty of Babylon, Chiefly from Nippur. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts 6/2. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology.

    (envelope)


  • history: MC 3, 21 (envelope)

    [Stone1991Adoption] Stone, Elizabeth C., and David I. Owen. 1991. Adoption in Old Babylonian Nippur and the Archive of Mannum-Mešu-Liṣṣur. Vol. 3. Mesopotamina Civilizations.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-11-06 at 19:23:20 Willighagen, Lars Artifact metadata Willighagen, Lars Wikidata Willighagen, Lars Approved View
2024-07-02 at 08:17:02 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2005-11-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“TMH 10, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 6, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P283603.
TMH 10, 008 artifact entry (No. P283603). (2024, November 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283603 (Original work published 2005)
TMH 10, 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283603 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283603},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“TMH 10, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 6, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P283603.
TMH 10, 008 artifact entry (No. P283603). (2024, November 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283603 (Original work published 2005)
TMH 10, 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283603 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 6},
	title = {TMH 10, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P283603},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283603},
}

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DA  - 2024/11/6/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P283603
LB  - CDLI:P283603
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - TMH 10, 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P283603
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