CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 012 (P227697)

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 12704

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Nippur Ura 03 (witness) OB Hh 13-14 in deviant order. Obv. unident. literary text (Gordon). Proto LU (Lieberman). (Obv)(i)8x(ii)4x(Rev)(iii)8x(iv)9x(v)11 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
1. munus# da?-x-x-la
2. munus# alan#? zu2#
3. munus# a-tar du11#-du11#
4. munus# x-NE#? du11#-du11#?
5. munus# x-x-x
  traces
6. [x]-a
7. [...]-NE
8. [x]-kam?-ba
  broken
reverse
column 1
1. ansze [x]
2. ansze [...]
3. ansze edin#-[...]
4. ansze nun-na
5. ansze gir2-nun-na
6. ansze si il#-la#
7. ansze [...]
8. ansze gesz?-a-[...]
9. ansze# gu2#-za
column 2
1. musz [...]
2. musz {d}nerah
3. musz uszumgal
4. musz na4
5. musz a
6. musz sahar
7. musz {u2}|KI.KAL|
8. musz {u2}rib-ba
9. musz sag# 7(disz)-bi#
column 3
1. [...]-nig#
2. [...]-ra
3. [...]-gi7?
4. ur-ki
5. ur-tur
6. ur-gug4
7. ur-gug4 ku5#-da#
8. az
9. pirig
10. nemurx(|PIRIG.TUR|)#
11. pirig# ka# du8#-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, upper LE., Obv.R.part mostly erased
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Nippur Ura 03 (witness) OB Hh 13-14 in deviant order. Obv. unident. literary text (Gordon). Proto LU (Lieberman). (Obv)(i)8x(ii)4x(Rev)(iii)8x(iv)9x(v)11 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • history: OIP 11,, 057

    [Chiera1929OIP11] Chiera, Edward. 1929. Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur. Vol. 1. Oriental Institute Publications. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/oip-11-cuneiform-series-volume-i-sumerian-lexical-texts-temple-school.

  • history: MSL 8/1, pp.82 (V48)

    [Landsberger1960MSL8/1] Landsberger, Benno. 1960. The Fauna of Ancient Mesopotamia (Part 1). Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 12704
  • Accession No.:

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

    Nippur, 2nd Exp., Temple Library, Tablet Hill

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
2015-06-15 at 19:44:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:43:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:37:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 01:52:01 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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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Lexical 000001, Ex. 012 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227697.
CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 012 artifact entry (No. P227697). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227697 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 012 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227697 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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	month = {jun 14},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227697},
}

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