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ARN 043 (P313163)

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

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 09224

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (sale)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _[1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2] a-sza3 gug4#-sze_
2. _[sza3 a-sza3] {d#}nin-unu_
3. _[us2-a-du {d}]nanna-a-ra2#-mu-un-ge-en_
4. _[a-sza3 lu2]-e2#-szu-me-sza4 [dumu_ {d}]suen#-ta#-a-a-ar
5. _[ki lu2-e2]-szu#-me-sza4#-ta#_
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. _[igi ...] NIM? bur#?-gul#?_
2'. _[iti szu-numun-a]_
some text moved to next line
3'. _mu ki 2(u) 5(disz) us2-sa_ [{d}ri-im-{d}]suen _lugal-e [i3-si]-in#{ki} ba-dab5-ba_

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)

Collections

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (sale)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: ARN, 43

[Çığ1952ARN] Çığ, Muazzez İlmiye, Hatice Kızılyay, and Fritz R. Kraus. 1952. Eski Babil Zamanına Ait Nippur Hukukî Vesikaları = Altbabylonische Rechtsurkunden Aus Nippur. Istanbul: Millî Eğitim Basımevi.

Goddeeris: cf. TMH 10, 049a, 049b
history: TMH 10, 49c

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ist Ni 09224
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Rim-Sin.54.04.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2017-11-10 at 12:15:29	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2017-11-10 at 12:01:20	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2006-03-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.9224) (Ni.9224)

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Cite this Artifact

“ARN 043 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P313163.

ARN 043 artifact entry (No. P313163). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P313163 (Original work published 2006)

ARN 043 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P313163 (Accessed: January 13, 2026).

@misc{2023ARN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {ARN 043 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P313163},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P313163},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P313163
LB  - CDLI:P313163
M1  - 2026/1/13/
TI  - ARN 043 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P313163
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“ARN 043 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P313163.

ARN 043 artifact entry (No. P313163). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P313163 (Original work published 2006)

ARN 043 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P313163 (Accessed: January 13, 2026).

@misc{2023ARN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {ARN 043 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P313163},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P313163},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P313163
LB  - CDLI:P313163
M1  - 2026/1/13/
TI  - ARN 043 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P313163
ER  -