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RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 12 (P467648)

Official or display tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 08284

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. tukum-bi
2. lu2 lu2-u3
3. {gesz}kiri6 gesz gub-bu-de3
4. kislah in-na-an-szum2
5. kislah-be2
6. {gesz}kiri6 gesz gub-bu-de3
7. nu-ni-in-til
8. lu2 {gesz}kiri6 in-gub-ba
9. sza3 ha-la ba-na-ka
10. kislah ba-ra-ab-tak4-a
11. in-na-ab-szum2#-mu
12. tukum#-bi
13. {gesz}kiri6 [lu2]-ka in-[...]-e11
14. nam-[ni2-zuh-sze3] ba-dab5
15. 1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar# i3-la2-e
16. tukum-bi lu2
17. {gesz}kiri6 lu2-ka
18. gesz in-sag3
19. 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
20. i3-la2-e
21. tukum#-bi# lu2
22. e2-e us2-sa-ne2
column 2
1. kislah lu2 al-tak4
2. lugal e2-a-ke4
3. lugal kislah-ra
4. kislah-zu al-tak4
5. e2-mu lu2 i3-bur3-de3
6. e2-zu kal-ga-ab
7. in-na-an-du11
8. inim zu2-kesz2-ra2-bi
9. un-da-an-ge-en
10. lugal kislah-a-ke4
11. lugal e2-a-ra
12. nig2 u2-gu-de2-a-ni
13. in-na-ab-su-su
14. tukum-bi
15. geme2 ARAD2 lu2-u3
16. sza3 iri-ka ba-zah2
17. e2 lu2-ka
18. 1(asz) iti-am3
19. i3-tusz-a
20. ba-an-ge-en
21. sag sag-gin7
22. ba-ab-szum2-mu
23. tukum-bi
24. sag nu-tuku
reverse
column 1
1. 1(u)! 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
  copy: 2(u), a copy error according to Steele
2. i3-la2-e
3. tukum-bi
4. ARAD2 lu2-ke4
5. lugal-a-ni-ir
6. nam-ARAD2!-da-ni
7. ba-an-da-gur
8. lugal-a-ni-ir
9. nam-ARAD2-da-ni#
10. a-ra2 2(disz)-kam#
11. un-ge-en
12. ARAD2-bi
13. al-bur2-e
14. tukum-bi
15. mi-iq#-tum
16. nig2-ba lugal-kam
17. nu-ub-da-an-kar-re
18. tukum-bi
19. mi-iq-tum
20. ni2-te-a-ni-ta
21. lu2-u3 un-szi-gen
22. lu2-bi
23. nu-un-tag-tag
24. ki! sza3-ga-na-sze3
25. ha-ba-du
column 2
1. tukum-bi
2. lu2 lu2-u3
3. a2 nu-gar-ra-ta#
4. inim nu-zu-[ni]
5. in-da#-la2
6. lu2-bi
7. nu-un-ge-en
8. inim in-da-la2-a
9. nam i-ni-tag-ba ib2-il2-e
10. tukum-bi
11. lugal e2-a
12. u3 nin e2-a-ke4
13. gu2-un e2-a
14. in-szub-bu-usz!
  Steele: USZ wr. over erasure
15. lu2-kur2-e in-il2
16. mu 3(disz)-kam-ma-ka
17. nu-ub-ta-e3-e
18. lu2 gu2-un e2-a
19. in-il2-la
20. e2-bi ba-an-tum3
21. lugal e2-a-ke4
22. inim nu-ga2-ga2-a
23. tukum#-bi
24. lu2 e2-a-ke4

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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  • primary: RIME 4, .01.05.add10, ex. 12

    [Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: PBS 1/2, 101

    [Lutz1919PBS1/2] Lutz, Henry F. 1919. Selected Sumerian and Babylonian Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 1/2. University of Pennsylvania.

  • history: AJA 52 (pp. 425-450), p. 428-431

    [Steele1948AJA52] Steele, Francis R. 1948. “The Code of Lipit-Ishtar.” American Journal of Archaeology 52 (3): 425–50.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 08284
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-30 at 08:49:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-30 at 18:54:05 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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
2014-08-06 at 14:24:06 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2014-08-05 at 08:49:03 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2014-08-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View

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

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
RIME 4.01.05.add10 (Laws of Lipit-Ishtar) composite (P464355) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RIME 4.01.05.Add10, Ex. 12 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P467648.
RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 12 artifact entry (No. P467648). (2024, August 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P467648 (Original work published 2014)
RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 12 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P467648 (Accessed: April 18, 2025).
@misc{2024RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 30},
	title = {RIME 4.01.05.add10, ex. 12 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P467648},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P467648},
}


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