OECT 08, 20 (P283648)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1926-0391

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (adoption)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) ur-{d}lum-ma
2. dumu lu2-{d}inanna agrig
3. 1(disz) lu2-{d}ba-ba6
4. dumu e2-lu2-ti
5. nam-ibila-ni-sze3
6. ba-da-re-e
7. nam-i3-du8 ka2 e2-gu-<la> {d}en-lil2-la2
8. mu-am3 iti 1(disz)-kam u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
9. nam-i3-du8 ka2 {d}nin-ga2-gi4-a
10. mu-am3 u4 2(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam
11. nam#-gudu4 {d}a-ba-{d}en-lil2-gin7
12. [x] x u3 bur-szu-ma
13. [x x]-x-da-ka
14. e2# a#-sza3 u3 nig2-gur11 a-na-me-a-bi
reverse
1. ur#-{d#}lum-ma-ke4 1(disz) lu2-{d}ba-[ba6-ra]
2. in#-na-an-szum2
3. [en]-na# ur-{d}lum-ma na-an-ga-til-la
4. [iti]-da 4(ban2) sze-ta 4(disz) <sila3> i3-gesz-ta-a
5. mu#-am3 4(disz) ma-na siki-ta-a
6. in-na-ab-kal-la-ge-ne
7. u4 kur2-sze3 ur-{d}lum-ma u3 ibila-a-ni
8. a-na-me-a-bi inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a
9. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
10. igi ku3-{d}nanna dumu inim-{d}en-lil2
11. igi inim-{d}da-mu ni-da-kal?-la
12. igi lu2-i3-si-in{ki}-na dumu {d}utu-he2-gal2
13. igi na-bi-{d}en-lil2 dumu en-na
14. igi ARAD2-{d}nanna dumu lugal-iti-da
15. igi ur-{d}sa-dara3-nun-na dub-sar
16. iti kin-{d}inanna
17. mu us2-sa {d}li-pi2-it,-{d}en-lil2 [lugal-e] {d}en-lil2-ka a2-dah-a-ni {d}en-lil2-ra mu-na-dim2
seal 1
1. ur-{d}lum-ma
2. dumu lu2-{d}inanna

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: OECT 8, 20

    [Hunter1930OECT8] Hunter, Guy R. 1930. Sumerian Contracts from Nippur. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts 8. London: Oxford University Press.

  • history: MC 3, 23

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: Ashm 1926-0391
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2020-05-29 at 05:57:35 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2018-05-19 at 15:39:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2018-02-13 at 05:28:21 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2017-10-10 at 01:08:52 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2005-11-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI Approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

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

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Cite this Artifacts

“OECT 08, 20 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P283648.
OECT 08, 20 artifact entry (No. P283648). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283648 (Original work published 2005)
OECT 08, 20 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283648 (Accessed: February 18, 2026).
@misc{2024OECT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {OECT 08, 20 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P283648},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283648},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P283648
LB  - CDLI:P283648
M1  - 2026/2/18/
TI  - OECT 08, 20 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P283648
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“OECT 08, 20 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P283648.
OECT 08, 20 artifact entry (No. P283648). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283648 (Original work published 2005)
OECT 08, 20 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283648 (Accessed: February 18, 2026).
@misc{2024OECT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {OECT 08, 20 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P283648},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283648},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P283648
LB  - CDLI:P283648
M1  - 2026/2/18/
TI  - OECT 08, 20 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P283648
ER  -
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