MC 3, 27 (P270638)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Rare Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Rare Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, USA

Museum Number

RMC 004

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (adoption Marriage document.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. {disz}la-ma-sum2 _dumu-munus_ ip-qu2-e2-a
2. {disz}{d}nanna-a-a _dumu_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am
3. _nam-dam-sze3 in-tuku_
4. {disz}ma-an-nu-um-me-szu-li-s,ur
5. {disz}{d}nin-urta-mu-ba-al-li2-it,
6. {disz}{d}suen-ma-gir
7. u3 i-na-e2-kur-ra-bi
8. _nam-ibila-a-ni-sze3 ba-an-da-gub#_
9. _e2 a-sza3 {gesz}kiri6 garza_
10. _u3 nig2-gur11 gal2-la a-na-me-a-bi_
11. _inim dub ha-la-ba_
12. _i-in-sar-re-me-<esz>_
13. {disz}la-ma-sum2 <_dam_> {disz}{d}nanna-a-[a]
14. {disz}ma-an-nu-um-me-szu-li#-[s,ur]
15. {disz}{d}nin-urta-mu-ba-li2#-[it,]
16. {disz}{d}suen-ma-[gir]
17. u3 i-na-e2-kur-[ra-bi]
18. {disz}{d}nanna-a-a ad#-[da-ne-ne-ka_]
19. _1(u) gin2 ku3-[babbar_ ...]
20. [...]
reverse
1. [...]
2. _tukum#-[bi]_
3. {disz}la-ma-[sum2 _dam-a-ni_]
4. {disz}ma-an-nu-um-me-[szu-li-s,ur _dumu-ni_]
5. {disz}{d}nin-urta-mu-[ba-li2-it,]
6. {disz}{d}suen-ma-gir# [u3 i-na-e2-kur-ra-bi]
7. _dam-mu nu-me-en [ad-da-mu nu-me-en_]
8. _ba-an-na-du11 e2 [a-sza3_ ...]
9. _ba-ra-e3-[de3-en_]
10. u3 _1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-[babbar in-ne-en-la2_]
11. _igi_ i3-li2-a-wi-li _dumu_ [...]
12. _igi_ ib-ni-e2-a _dumu_ i-[...]
13. _igi_ {d}suen-ma-gir _dumu_ x [...]
14. _igi_ mu-na-wi-rum _dumu_ [{d}nuska-a2-mah]
15. _igi_ {d}nuska-ni-szu [_dumu_ {d}nin-urta-mu-sza-lim]
16. _igi_ {d}suen-sze-mi _dumu_ [...]
17. _igi_ a-wi-li-ia _bur-gul_
18. _igi_ {d}nuska-ni-szu _dub-sar_
19. _iti du6-ku3_
20. _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e {uruda}alan szud3-de3 {d}lamma ku3-sig17 didli-bi-ta_
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seal 1
1. la-ma-sum2 _dumu-munus_ ip-qu2-e2-a
2. {d}nanna-a-a _dam-a-ni_
3. ma-an-nu-um-[me-szu-li-s,ur]
4. {d}nin-urta-mu-ba-al-li2-[it,]
5. {d}suen-ma-gir!
6. u3 i-na-e2-kur-ra-bi
7. _ibila {d}nanna-a-a_

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MC 3, 27,

    [Owen1991-91486] Owen, David I., and Elizabeth C. Stone. 1991.

  • history: CUSAS 15, 4

    [Gadotti2011CUSAS15] Gadotti, Alhena, and Marcel Sigrist. 2011. Cuneiform Texts in the Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 15. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • history: YOS 15, 73

    [Goetze2009YOS15] Goetze, Albrecht. 2009. Cuneiform Texts from Various Collections. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 15. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: Westbrook, AfO Beiheft 23 (1988), p. 138

    [Westbrook1988MarriageLaw] Westbrook, Raymond. 1988. Old Babylonian Marriage Law. Vol. 23. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft. Horn, Austria: Ferdinand Berger & Söhne.

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  • Museum No.: RMC 004
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2020-04-23 at 13:33:04 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2005-04-14 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) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“MC 3, 27 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 14, 2005. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270638.
MC 3, 27 artifact entry (No. P270638). (2005, April 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270638
MC 3, 27 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270638 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
@misc{2005MC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-29]},
	year = {2005},
	month = {apr 14},
	title = {MC 3, 27 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270638},
}

TY  - ELEC
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ID  - P270638
LB  - CDLI:P270638
M1  - 2024/3/29/
TI  - MC 3, 27 artifact entry
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