OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04826 (unpub. dup.) (P227972)

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

CBS 04826

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; Rev: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16- (Obv)(i)9x(Rev)(ii)6x(iii)8 lines, 80 x 66 x 31. Obv. model contract [PN} [a]-#a//3 lu//2-X-me-DU (ur-me-gub?) [ki] lu//2-X-me-DU-ta [u//3?] lu//2-me-ne-ke//4 [ ] apin-la//2-#e//3 [i]n?-dab//5 PN took the land from PN in order to tilt it. Rev. birds.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  CBS 4826
reverse
  columns from left to right
column 1
1'. [...]{muszen#}
2'. [...]{muszen#}
3'. [...]{muszen#}
4'. [...]{muszen#}
5'. [...]{muszen#}
column 2
  1 line traces
2'. te8[{muszen}]
3'. te8-uz[{muszen}]
4'. uz{muszen}
5'. uz-gi4{muszen}
6'. uz babbar{muszen}
7'. uz kukku5{muszen}
column 3
1'. e?-[sig{muszen}]
2'. girisz#-[...]
3'. ga-[nu11{muszen}]
4'. nuz# [ga-nu11{muszen}]

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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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, center part, Obv.ruled, 3 cols.
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  • Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (Obv: Model contract; Rev: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16- (Obv)(i)9x(Rev)(ii)6x(iii)8 lines, 80 x 66 x 31. Obv. model contract [PN} [a]-#a//3 lu//2-X-me-DU (ur-me-gub?) [ki] lu//2-X-me-DU-ta [u//3?] lu//2-me-ne-ke//4 [ ] apin-la//2-#e//3 [i]n?-dab//5 PN took the land from PN in order to tilt it. Rev. birds.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


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  • Museum No.: CBS 04826
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:01:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000041 (OB Nippur Ura 04) composite (P498271) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04826 (Unpub. Dup.) Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227972.
OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04826 (unpub. dup.) artifact entry (No. P227972). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227972 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04826 (unpub. dup.) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227972 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
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	title = {OIP 011, p. 014, {CBS} 04826 (unpub. dup.) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227972},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227972},
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