PBS 11/3, 068 (P227768)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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 14108

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Lú List of female relationships beginning with; (Obv)(i)24x(ii)25x(Rev)(iii)24x(iv)10 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

obverse
column 1
1'. abgal(|NUN.ME|)#
2'. abrig(|NUN.ME.DU|)#
3'. engiz(|EN.ME.GI4!?|)#
4'. ensi(|EN.ME.LI!|)#
5'. ara
6'. [SAL] ara
7'. sanga2#
8'. [sanga2]-mah
9'. [a]-bi-gal
10'. [KUSZU2]-{d#}MUSZ3
11'. [szita]-{d#}MUSZ3
12'. sur9
13'. lukur
14'. lukur
15'. lukur
16. lukur
17'. [lukur]-gal
18'. [lukur]-dingir#-nin-urta
19'. [x]-lukur#
20'. [...]
21'. [...]
22'. [...]-ra?
23'. |[IGI].DU|
24'. [sag]-KAL#
25'. [x] gar3
26'. [...] sag#?
  1-2 lines broken
column 2
1'. ama-[...]
2'. |(GA2xAN).AN.MUSZ3#|
3'. |(GA2xAN).AN.MUSZ3|
4'. ama-lul
5'. ama-sikil
6'. ama-gal
7'. ama-nita
8'. ama-munus
9'. ama-arhusz
10'. ama-a-nir#-ra#
11'. ama-nam#-[tag-ga]
12'. ama-[...]
13'. agarin3#-na#
14'. ama#-TAG da
15'. ama#-ugu
16'. [ama]-gan
17'. ama#-u3-tu
18'. ama-u3-nu#-[tu]
19'. ama-nu#-[tuku]
20'. ama-nu-[zu]
21'. ama-nu#-[x]
  or-tam# x
22'. ama-[...]
23'. ama-a-[tu]
24'. ama-a-[tu]
25'. sza3-[zu]
reverse
column 1
  1 line missing ?
2. szesz [x]
3. szesz-ban3-[da]
4. szesz-gal#
5. pa4-szesz#
6. nin9#
7. nin9#-gal
8. nin9#-ban3#-da
9. [x] dumu
10. [x] TUR
11. |TUR.TUR|#
12. [di4-di4]-la2#
13. [di4-di4]-la2#-hul2?#
14. ibila(|TUR.USZ|)#
15. [dumu]-munus
16. dumu#-nita2#-gaba#
17. dumu#-munus-gaba
18. |TUR#.USZ|
19. bungu(|USZ.GA#|)
20. TUR# |X.TUR+DISZ?|#
21. [x] |TUR.DISZ|
22. |TUR+DISZ.TUR|
23. henzir
24. henzir(|IGI.DIM|)#
25. henzir(|IGI.DIM|)#
  not |NITA2.X|#
  broken
column 2
  1 column broken

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
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, rt.part, u.pt.missing, ruled, 2 cols
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Lú List of female relationships beginning with; (Obv)(i)24x(ii)25x(Rev)(iii)24x(iv)10 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PBS 11/3, 068

    [Chiera1919PBS11/3] Chiera, Edward. 1919. Lists of Personal Names from the Temple School of Nippur: Lists of Sumerian Personal Names. Publications of the Babylonian Section 11/3.

  • history: MSL 12, 030 C'

    [Landsberger1969MSL12] Landsberger, Benno, Erica Reiner, and Marcel Sigrist. 1969. A Reconstruction of Sumerian and Akkadian Lexical Lists. Materials for Sumerian Lexicon 12. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 14108
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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    Nippur IV

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
2008-05-26 at 01:53:35 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

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) View the score

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 11/3, 068 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227768.
PBS 11/3, 068 artifact entry (No. P227768). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227768 (Original work published 2003)
PBS 11/3, 068 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227768 (Accessed: April 5, 2025).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {PBS 11/3, 068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227768},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227768},
}


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