BE 06/2, 025 (P453322)

Business / Contracts 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 01842

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (Obv: Model contract Model contracts: domestic. Provenience unknown, but may be from Nippur.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
 en: 1 kor (and) 1 pānū of grain
2. masz2 in-tuku
 en: bearing an interest
3. ki na-bi-{d}utu-ta
 en: from Nabi-šamaš,
4. {disz}ip-qa2-tum
 en: Ipqatum
5. u3 ri-ba-tum
 en: and Ribatum
6. szu ba-an-ti-esz
 en: have received.
7. mu-kux(DU) u4 buru14-ka
 en: At the time of the harvest,
reverse
1. sze u3 masz2-bi
 en: the grain and his interest
2. sza3-ga-na al-du10
 en: his heart (they) will satisfy (= they will repay).
3. igi {d}en-lil2-za-me-en
 en: Before Enlil-zamen,
4. igi {d}suen-dam!-gar3-ri
 en: before Sîn-dam-garri,
5. igi {d}nin-urta-ga-mil
 en: before Ninurta-gamil,
6. igi {d}nusku-ni-szu
 en: before Nusku-nišu.
7. iti sze-sag11-ku5
 en: The month of Addarum
8. mu i7 sa-am-su-i-lu-na he2-gal2-la2 mu-un-ba-al-la2
 en: The year (in which Samsu-iluna the king) dug the canal “Samsu-iluna is abundance”.
seal 1
  Kraus, ARN p. 73
1. [...]
2. dumu AN-[...]
3. [...]

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: Inscr. 7(o.) + 8(r.) + 2(u.e.) = 17 li.
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  • primary: BE 6/2, 25

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: Ist Ni 01842
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2020-08-13 at 08:50:13 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Guidi, Carlo CDLI approved View
2020-08-13 at 08:47:55 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Guidi, Carlo CDLI approved View
2020-06-08 at 06:31:08 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2013-08-09 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 06/2, 025 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P453322.
BE 06/2, 025 artifact entry (No. P453322). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P453322 (Original work published 2013)
BE 06/2, 025 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P453322 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 06/2, 025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P453322},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P453322},
}

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