N 4639 (P230778)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 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

N 4639

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (Obv: Unidentified list; Rev: Model contract Model contracts: grain. May as well be Ki-ulutin! Obv. reverse uncertain.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (Obv: Unidentified list; Rev: Model contract Model contracts: grain. May as well be Ki-ulutin! Obv. reverse uncertain.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • history: MSLF, no. 262

    [LiebermanUnpubms] Lieberman, Stephen J. nd. “Manual of Sumerian Legal Forms.”

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  • Museum No.: N 4639
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Cite this Artifact
“N 4639 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230778.
N 4639 artifact entry (No. P230778). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230778 (Original work published 2003)
N 4639 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230778 (Accessed: June 10, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230778},
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