N 5139 (P228381)

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

N 5139

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: list of PN's (unidentified/general) School; 12x12 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

obverse
column 1
1'. [...] usan3
2'. [...] eme#-usan3
3'. [...] X-usan3
4'. [...] gag#-sal4
5'. [...] gag#-sal4
6'. [...] gag#-sal4
7'. [...] gag#-sal4
8'. [...]-du3#-sza3-ga
  (sic!)
9'. [...]-du3#-gar-ra
10'. [...]-du3#-bar-ra
11'. [...]-gid2-da
12'. [...]-mar-gid2-da
13'. [...]-mar-gid2-da

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; rev damaged
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: list of PN's (unidentified/general) School; 12x12 lines)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 5139
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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 02:17:14 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 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“N 5139 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228381.
N 5139 artifact entry (No. P228381). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228381 (Original work published 2003)
N 5139 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228381 (Accessed: October 2, 2023).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2023-10-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 5139 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228381},
}


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