TMH 10, 001b (P504396)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

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Museum Collection(s)

Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

Museum Number

HS 2138

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (marriage contract)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. {disz}{d}suen#-i-qi2-sza-am dumu {d}szul-pa-e3-a2-[ag2]
2. {disz}{d}nin-lil2-nin-am3 dumu-munus i3-li2-ki!-it-ti#
3. nam-dam-sze3 in-tuku-am3
4. mu lugal-ka-ni in-pa3
5. 2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 egir szum2-la2
6. 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 a-gar3 {d}lu2-lal3
7. 1(disz) gu4 gesz-du3-a
8. {disz}{d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am
9. {d}nin-lil2-nin-am3 dam-na-a-ra
10. in-na-an-ku4?-ku4?
11. {disz}u-bar-[{d}]suen ibila szesz-gal
12. [{disz}el]-mesz-tum lukur {d}nergal
13. [{disz}]pi2-s,i-tum lukur {d}nin-urta
14. u3# ibila a-na-me-a-bi
15. a#-na#-bi u3-tu-ud-da
16. ibila {disz}{d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am
17. u3 {d}nin-lil2-nin-am3 dam-na-a-ra
18. e2 a-sza3 nig2-gur11 e2-a gal2-la
reverse
1. a-na-me-a-bi nig2-gur11 {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am
2. u3 {d}nin#-lil2-nin-am3 dam-na-a-ra
3. tesz2-a se3#-ga#-bi# i3-ba-e-ne
4. tukum#-bi
5. [{disz}{d}suen-i-qi2]-sza#-am#
6. [{disz}{d}nin-lil2-nin]-am3 dam#-na#-a-ra
7. [dam-mu nu-me-en ba]-na-an#-du11#
8. [1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar i3]-la2-e
9. [u3 tukum]-bi {disz}{d}nin-lil2-nin-am3
10. [{disz}{d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am] dam-[na]-ra
11. [dam-mu nu-me-en ba-na-an]-du11#
12. [1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar i3-la2]-e#
13. [igi i3-li2-we-de-ku dumu {d}]suen#-i-din-nam
14. [igi {d}nanna-a-a dumu asz2?-ka-a]
15. [igi nig2-gur11-{d}nanna dumu {d}nanna]-sag#-kal
16. [...]-x-ta
17. [...] dumu# ur#-ku3-zu?
18. [...]-x dumu# sa-mi-lum!?
19. [iti sze-sag11-ku5]
  some text moved to next line
20. [mu {d}i-te-er-pi4]-sza lugal-e# [li-li]-is3# zabar [{d}inanna zabala]{ki#}-ra [mu-na]-dim2
seal 1
1. {d}nin-lil2-nin#-am3#
2. dumu-munus i3-[li2-ki-it-ti]
  (bur-gul seal)
seal 2
1. {d}suen#-i-qi2-sza-am
2. dumu# [{d}]szul#-pa-e3-[a2-ag2]
  (bur-gul seal)

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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  • Seal information:

    bur-gul seals

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: TMH 10, 1b

    [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.

    cf. TMH 10, 1a & c

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: HS 2138
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-19 at 12:08:07 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-12-10 at 12:34:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-12-10 at 07:16:04 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-12-05 at 11:39:20 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-11-06 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard 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) - -

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“TMH 10, 001b Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P504396.
TMH 10, 001b artifact entry (No. P504396). (2023, October 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P504396 (Original work published 2017)
TMH 10, 001b artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P504396 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
@misc{2023TMH,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 19},
	title = {TMH 10, 001b artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P504396},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P504396},
}


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