BIN 07, 059 (P293001)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 05580

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

78.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 26.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 gug4-sze
2. nig2-gal2-la e2-gal
3. a-sza3 geme2-{d}en-lil2-la2
4. dumu-munus {d}en-lil2-gi-na
5. <sza3> a-sza3-{d}nin-urta
6. us2-a-du i-din-{d}iszkur dumu u2-s,i2-nu-ru-um
7. 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
8. sa10-til-la-bi-sze3
9. in-na-la2
10. ki geme2-{d}en-lil2-la2-ta
11. {d}bur-{d}suen-i3-li2
12. in#-szi#-sa10
13. u4#-[kur2]-sze3
14. [1(disz)? geme2-{d}en-lil2-la2]
15. [u3 ibila a-na-me-a-bi]
16. [{d}bur-{d}suen-i3-li2-ra]
reverse
1. [a-sza3-sze3 inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a?]
2. [mu lugal-la-bi in-pa3]
3. igi# {d#}suen#-i#-di2#-na#-[szu] dumu a-da-tum#
4. igi i3-li2-ip-di-a-ni
5. dumu ur-{d}nin-lu2-lal3?
6. igi i-tur2-{d}suen sza3-tam
7. iti szu-numun-a u4 1(u)-kam
8. mu us2-sa {d}li-pi2-it-{d}en-lil2 lugal-e {d}en-lil2-mah-am3 pisan gub-ba gal ku3-sig17 [e2] {d}en-lil2-ra! mu-na-dim2
seal 1
1. geme2-{d}en-lil2-la2
2. dumu-munus {d}en-lil2-gi-na
  (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
  • Measurements (mm): 78.0 high × 48.0 wide × 26.0 thick
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    bur-gul seal

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  • primary: BIN 7, 59

    [Alexander1943BIN7] Alexander, John B. 1943. Early Babylonian Letters and Economic Texts. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University 7. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • citation: CBCY 2, p. 27, NBC 5580

    [Beckman1995CBCY2] Beckman, Gary. 1995. Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 2. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • citation: Edzard ZZB, 137

    [Edzard1957ZZB] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1957. Die Zweite Zwischenzeit Babyloniens. Otto Harrassowitz • Wiesbaden.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 05580
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-07 at 13:31:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-21 at 10:13:12 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-21 at 10:11:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-21 at 10:09:53 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-09-01 at 04:42:47 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2019-09-01 at 04:42:23 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2018-05-19 at 15:39:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2018-01-16 at 20:22:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-11-03 at 13:31:22 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 013809 (composite) (P514372) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BIN 07, 059 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P293001.
BIN 07, 059 artifact entry (No. P293001). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P293001 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 059 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P293001 (Accessed: March 10, 2025).
@misc{2024BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {BIN 07, 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P293001},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P293001},
}


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