PBS 05, 136 (P227688)

Lexical 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 12552

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Old Babylonian Grammatical Texts (witness) Syllabary; (Obv)(i)20x(ii)17 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

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column 1
  broken
column 2
1. [...] = %a be2#-e-er#
2. [...] = %a [bu]-ul-li-li
3. [...] = %a [pu-ut]-ti-il
4. [...] = %a [x x (x)] x
5. [x x (x)]-ab = %a [...]-x
6. ab-da-szar2-szar2 = %a [...]
7. ab-da-x = %a [x x]-x
8. x-x-x-na-ab = %a [x x (x)]-su
9. a [x-x]-ga-ab = %a me-[e tu-ub]-bi-ik
10. [x-x]-ra-ab = %a ku-x-x
11. [gun3]-gun3#-na-ab = %a bu-ri#-im#
12. [sig7]-sig7-ga-ab = %a wu!(BU)-ri-iq#
13. babbar2-ra-ab = %a pu-us,-s,i2#
14. dadag-ga-ab = %a ub-bi-ib#
15. szu# tag-ga-ab = %a zu-uh2-hi-in
16. szu# tag-ga-ab = %a te-qi3-i-szu
17. {gesz#}ma2 szu2-a-ab = %a ku-ti-im
  erased ak between a and ab
18. gi4#-a-ab-ta = %a hu-mi-is,
19. [x]-x-a-ab-ta = %a pu-ri-is
20. gi4#-a-ab-ta = %a te#-e-er!(NI)
21. [gi bar]-ra# ak = %a qa2-na#-a-am qu3-lu#-up
22. [x x] x ak# = %a li-x-pi-x
column 3
1. ga2#-[ga2] = %a [...]
2. ga2-[ga2] = %a [...]
3. ga2-[ga2] = %a [...]
4. ga2-ga2# = %a x-[...]
5. ga2-ga2# = %a ul-[...]
6. ga2-ga2# = %a szu-[...]
7. ga2-ga2 = %a [...]
8. ga2-ga2 = %a na-[...]
9. gu2 ga2#-ga2# = %a ta/sza-[...]
10. gu2 ga2#-ga2 = %a ku-nu#-[szum]
11. gu2 ki-sze3# ga2#-ga2 = %a qu3-[u4-du-du-um]
12. a2# ga2-ga2 = %a a-hu#-[um x x x]
13. a2 te# ga2-ga2# = %a a-hu#-[um x x x]
14. {gesz}tukul [x? ga2-ga2] = %a [...]
15. ga2-ga2#-[dam] = %a [...]
16. sag ga2#-[ga2] = %a [...]
17. sag gid2#-[gid2] = %a [...]
18. nu-ga2#-[ga2] = %a [...]
19. nu-ga2#-[ga2] = %a [...]
reverse
column 1
1. musz-kad4# x-[x] = %a [...]
2. musz-gar = %a x-[...]
3. asz = %a s,i-ir-ni-[tum]
4. hul = %a ma-as2-kum
5. hul gig = %a zi-ru-tum
6. hul-dim2-ma = %a ma-as2-kum
7. hul tum2 = %a le-em-nu-um
8. hul dub2 = %a ra-bi-s,um#
  MSL reads-s,u-um, but the copy has a clear SAL and a horizontal line
9. hul-dub2 e3-ma = %a ra-bi-[is, s,i-am]
10. al-hul-hul# = %a gu-ul#-[lu-ul]
11. ba-hul-hul = %a ig-[da-li-il]
12. hul-hul = %a gu-ul#-[lu-lu-um]
13. hul-hul = %a lu-mu-nu-[um]
14. a-ha-an du8-du8 = %a ne-szu-u2-um
15. ka-musz = %a tu-ul-tum
16. {si-la}sila = %a szu-lu-u2-um
17. hi-pi-iz = %a tu-szu-[u2-um]
column 2
1. u3-[x] = %a [...]
2. u3-na gub = %a ka-[ad-rum]
3. szu-ri-a = %a mi-isz-[lu-um]
4. e-ne = %a szu-[u2]
5. szu e-ne = %a gi-mi-il-lum szu-u2
6. du7-du7 = %a it-gu-pu-um
7. du7-du7 = %a sa-a-ru-um
8. du7-du7 = %a ba-nu-u2-um
9. du7-du7 = %a sze-li-u2-um
10. du7-du7 = %a sa3-ba-HU-um
11. ul gur3-ru = %a mi-nu-u2-tum
12. ul ti-a = %a ha-ab-s,u-tum
13. ul ti-a = %a hu-bu-s,um
14. ul du3-a = %a s,i2-a-tum
15. iri du3-a = %a szu-lu ma-tim
16. iri du7 = %a a-lum#! e-lu-um
17. iri nam-kad3 = %a [x x]-u2
18. masz-kan2 = %a [a]-sza-szum
19. za-lam-gar = %a ku-usz-ta-ru-um
20. a2-dam = %a na-ma-szum
21. ka tesz2 sig10-ga = %a sa-li-mu-um
column 3
1. [...] = %a [...]-ub
2. [...] = %a [...]-UD
3. [...] = %a [...]-ul
4. [...] = %a [...] x
5. [...] = %a [...]-uz#
6. [...] = %a [...]-usz#
7. [...] = %a [...]-x
8. [...] = %a [...]-ub#?
9. [...] = %a [...]-x
10. [...] = %a [...]-x
11. [...] = %a [...]-x
12. [...] = %a [...]-x
13. [...] = %a [...]-x
14. [...] = %a [...]-x
15. [...] = %a [...]-x
16. [...] = %a [...]-hu
17. [...] = %a [...]-nu#
18. [...] = %a [...]-ul#
19. [...] = %a [...]-x
20. [...] = %a [...]-ad#-du
21. [...] = %a [...] na#-hi-id
22. [...] = %a [...]-x-ar
23. [...] = %a [...]

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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, RLo.cnr, Obv.badly abraded, Obv.2cols
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Old Babylonian Grammatical Texts (witness) Syllabary; (Obv)(i)20x(ii)17 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian, Sumerian


  • primary: PBS 5, 136

    [Poebel1914PBS5] Poebel, Arno. 1914. Historical and Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 5. University Museum, Pennsylvania.

  • history: MSL 4, pp.114f.

    [Falkenstein1956MSL4] Falkenstein, Adam, Thorkild Jacobsen, and Richard T. Hallock. 1956. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 4.

  • history: PBS 6/1, p.62

    [Poebel1914PBS6/1] Poebel, Arno. 1914. Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 6/1. University Museum, Philadelphia.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 12552
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Findspot Comments:

    Nippur, 2nd Exp.

  • Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    *before 2000 B.C. ?; changed to OB rke

  • Dates Referenced:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2015-02-05 at 12:16:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:37:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 01:51:46 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

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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 05, 136 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227688.
PBS 05, 136 artifact entry (No. P227688). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227688 (Original work published 2003)
PBS 05, 136 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227688 (Accessed: February 10, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {PBS 05, 136 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227688},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227688},
}

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