ARN 153 (P313268)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 09304 + Ist Ni 13234

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (sale)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

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tablet
obverse
1. 1/2(disz) sar 2(disz)#? gin2 e2 du3-a sza3 ki lukur-ra
2. 1(disz) {gesz}ig ze2-na
3. da e2 nu-t,u3-ub#-tum lukur {d}nin-urta
4. dumu-munus {d}suen-da#-a-a-an
5. e2 e-ri#-isz#-tum# lukur# {d}nin-urta
6. dumu-munus [{d}nusku-ba-ni]
7. ki e-ri-isz-[tum] lukur# [{d}nin-urta-ta]
8. {disz}{d}ba-ba6-he2#-[gal2]
9. dumu-munus [...-ke4]
10. in-szi-[in-sa10]
11. sa10 [til-la-bi-sze3]
12. 1(u) 2(disz) [gin2 ku3-babbar]
13. in-na-[an-la2]
14. u4-kur2-sze3 e-ri#-[isz-tum]
15. u3 ibila-ni a-na-[me-a-bi]
reverse
1. e2-bi-sze3 {d}ba-ba6-he2-gal2 [...]
2. inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-ne-[a]
3. {disz}e-ri#-isz#-tum# [...]
4. mu lugal#-[bi in-pa3-de3-esz]
5. igi lu2-{d}[...]
6. igi lugal-x-[...]
7. igi lugal-bi-[...]
8. igi bi-tum#-[...]
9. igi ir3-{d}EN-[...]
10. igi wa-at-[ra-at-ha-tum]
11. igi hu-un-du#-[ul-tum dumu sa3-si2-ia]
12. igi a-ha-tum# [...]
13. igi be-ta-tum lukur dumu#-[munus ...]
14. igi la-al-la-an# [...]
  single ruling
  blank space
15. iti [apin]-du8#-a#
16. mu# [us2-sa {d}]da-mi-iq-i3-li2-szu lugal-e [2(disz) {gesz}szu]-nir# ku3-sig17 min-a-bi [{d}iszkur] {d}inanna ni-a-nu{ki}-ra [mu]-ne-en-dim2-ma
seal 1
1. e-ri-isz-tum
2. dumu-munus {d}nusku-ba-ni
  (bur-gul seal)

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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • Seal information:

    bur-gul seal

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: ARN, 153

    [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.

  • history: Belleten 26, p.1-44, p. 40

    [Çığ1962eskibabil] Çığ, Muazzez İlmiye, and Hatice Kızılyay. 1962. “Eskibabil Devrine Ait Yeni Tarihleri Ihtiva Eden Veya Formülleri Eski Tarihlere Varyant Teşkil Eden Beş Tablet.” Belleten 26: 1–44.

  • history: RA 076 (pp. 97-117), 105 (year-name only)

    [Lieberman1982RA76] Lieberman, Stephen J. 1982. “The Years of Damiqilishu, King of Isin.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 76 (2): 97–117. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23282471.

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  • Museum No.: Ist Ni 09304 + Ist Ni 13234
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-28 at 12:23:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-07 at 18:47:50 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-07 at 18:40:53 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 View
2021-12-20 at 08:36:18 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2018-02-07 at 09:19:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2018-02-04 at 01:49:44 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-12-22 at 08:29:48 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-12-22 at 08:22:29 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-12-19 at 00:55:38 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-12-17 at 08:17:10 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-12-17 at 08:16:22 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2006-03-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI 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:

Çig & Kizilyay, Belleten 26, 040Çig & Kizilyay, Belleten 26, 040

Cite this Artifact
“ARN 153 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P313268.
ARN 153 artifact entry (No. P313268). (2024, August 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P313268 (Original work published 2006)
ARN 153 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P313268 (Accessed: May 25, 2025).
@misc{2024ARN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 28},
	title = {ARN 153 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P313268},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P313268},
}


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