MSL 09, 041 V03 (P228551)

Lexical prism 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

UM 29-13-260

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Prism

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) Forerunner Hh XV; 9 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

prism
face a'
column 1
1'. [...]-a
2'. [...]-sig7#
3'. [...]-za
4'. [...]-da?
5'. |DAG.KISIM5xX|#
6'. |DAG.KISIM5xEN|
7'. |DAG.KISIM5xX|
8'. |DAG.KISIM5x(U2.GIR2)|
9'. uzu
10'. [uzu] sag#-du
11'. [uzu u4]-szu2-usz
12'. [uzu] me#-ze2
column 2
1'. uzu [...]
2'. uzu szag4 mah#
3'. uzu szag4 ninnu
4'. uzu szag4 gar-gar
5'. uzu szag4# lugal [...]
6'. uzu szag4 szu [...]
7'. uzu szag4 [...]
8'. uzu szag4 x [...]
9'. uzu me-hi#
10'. uzu mur#
11'. uzu [...]

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: Prism
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Prism? frag, one face
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) Forerunner Hh XV; 9 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: MSL 9, 041 V03

    [Landsberger1967MSL9] Sigrist, Marcel, and Benno Landsberger. 1967. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 9.

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  • Museum No.: UM 29-13-260
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  • 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 02:25:26 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
“MSL 09, 041 V03 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228551.
MSL 09, 041 V03 artifact entry (No. P228551). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228551 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 09, 041 V03 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228551 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 09, 041 {V03} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228551},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228551},
}

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