RIME 3/2.01.01.20, ex. add07 (P257233)

Official or display 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

UM 55-21-071

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Code of Lipit-Ishtar; Civil CUSAS 17: this is Codex UrN)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

63.0 mm × 78.0 mm

Witness

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. x [x (x) i3-la2]-e#?
2.a'. tukum#-[bi]
  = division paragraph 33
2.b'. [a2?]-suh#?
3.a'. dumu-munus
3.b'. lu2#-[ka i-ni-in]-ra
4'. nig2-sza3-[ga]-na#
5'. szu mu-un#-[da-an-la2]
6.a'. 1/2(disz) ma-na# [ku3-babbar]
6.b'. [i3-la2]-e#
7.a'. tukum#-bi#
  = division paragraph 34
7.b'. ba#-usz2
8.a'. nita-bi
8.b'. i3-[gaz]-e#
9.a'. tukum-bi
  = division paragraph 35
9.b'. a2#?-suh#?
10.a'. geme2# lu2-ka
10.b'. i-ni-in-ra
11'. nig2 sza3-ga-na
12'. szu mu-un-da-an-la2
13.a'. 5(disz) gin2 ku3-[babbar]
13.b'. [i3-la2]-e
14.a'. tukum-[bi]
14.b'. [geme2 ba-usz2]
15'. sag sag#-[sze3 i3-gub-be2]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. x x x
2'. tukum-[bi]
  = division paragraph b1
3'. gu4 ab2 ur3-ra lu2# [in-hun]
4'. mu 2(disz)#-am3 addir#-[bi]
5'. 8(asz) sze gur in-na-ag2-ag2-[e]
6'. gu4 ab2 sag murub4 addir#-[bi]
7'. 6(asz) sze gur in-na-ag2-ag2-e#
8'. tukum-bi lu2 ba-usz2
  = division paragraph b2
9'. dumu-nita nu#-un-tuku
10'. dumu-munus dam nu-un-tuku-a
11'. ibila-a-ni he2#-a#
12'. tukum-[bi lu2 ba-usz2]
  = division paragraph b3
13'. dumu-munus-a-ni# [...]
14'. nig2-gur11# e2 ad-da-na x [...]
15'. nin9 banda3{da} egir5 e2-a# [...]
16'. [szuku] ad#-da# [...]
  rest broken

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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
  • Measurements (mm): 63.0 high × 78.0 wide
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  • Condition Description:
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  • history: AS 16, p.1-12, p. 11 UM 55-21-71

    [Civil1965law] Civil, Miguel. 1965. “New Sumerian Law Fragments.” In Studies in Honor of Benno Landsberger on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday, April 21, 1965, 1–12. Assyriological Studies 16. Chicago, Illinois: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

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  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-071
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: 2N-T0440
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  • Findspot Comments:

    OI/UM 1949-50: TB 17, level II 1

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2014-05-31 at 18:52:32 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-05-30 at 14:09:46 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2014-05-26 at 14:31:47 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2014-05-19 at 13:23:46 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2014-05-02 at 19:52:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
RIME 3/2.01.01.20 (Laws of Ur-Namma) composite (P432130) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RIME 3/2.01.01.20, Ex. Add07 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257233.
RIME 3/2.01.01.20, ex. add07 artifact entry (No. P257233). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257233 (Original work published 2005)
RIME 3/2.01.01.20, ex. add07 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257233 (Accessed: April 1, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.01.20, ex. add07 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257233},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257233},
}


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