EEN 320, UM 29-16-001 (P228695)

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

UM 29-16-001

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: H School exercise; Forerunner Hh V?--gi$; rev Forerunner Hh IX; 9x6x13x11x12x11 lines. Collated by Vanstiphout: obv. gi; rev. gi#! Obv. section gi ma-sa//2-ab (MSL 7, 187: 63-70, without 66a and 68). Right half of obv. reused for a name list, including I.d.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  UM 29-16-001
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [{gi}]ma#-sa2#-ab
2. {gi#}ma-sa2-ab# szu
3. {gi#}ma-sa2-ab ninda#
4. {gi}ma-sa2-ab ninda sag10#
5. {gi}ma-sa2-ab ku3#
6. {gi}ma-sa2-ab ku3-an#
7. {gi}ma-sa2-ab mah
8. {gi}ma-[sa2-ab zi3]-da
9. [{gi}]ma#-sa2#-[ab gid2-da]
  rest of column broken
column 2
  list of personal names
reverse
column 1
1'. gesz szinig-dili
2'. gesz szinig-kur
3'. gesz szarx(NE)-sza4-bid3
4'. gesz MES-szarx(NE)-sza4-bid3
5'. gesz lam
6'. gesz LAM
7'. gesz u3-suh5
8'. gesz sze-u3-suh5
9'. gesz pa-u3-suh5
10'. gesz bir-GAM-la-e
column 2
1'. gesz# [...]-da#
2'. gesz KID-da
3'. gesz KID-da-zil-[...]
4'. gesz mes
5'. gesz mes-ma2-gan-na
6'. gesz mes-me-luh-ha
7'. gesz erin
8'. gesz szu-ur2-min3
9'. gesz za-ba-lum
10'. gesz e-lam-ma-kum
11'. gesz gi-ri2-lum
12'. gesz gi-rim
13'. gesz zi-ir-dum
column 3
1'. gesz nimbar-al#-[...]
2'. gesz nimbar-al-KA-a
3'. gesz nimbar-uh-KA-a
4'. gesz nimbar-al-ug5-ga
5'. gesz nimbar-al-usz2-a
6'. gesz nimbar-sig7-X-al-szeg6-ga2
7'. gesz sza3-nimbar
8'. gesz suhur-nimbar
9'. gesz ama-nimbar
10'. gesz KU-{gesz#}kiri6#-nimbar
column 4
1'. gesz ki-ta-nimbar#
2'. gesz DI-ta-su-lum!-ri-ri-ga-nimbar
3'. gesz nig2-ba-ra-nimbar
4'. gesz nig2-ba-sum-nimbar
5'. gesz pesz-nimbar
6'. gesz pesz-din-nimbar
7'. gesz pesz-banda3-zi-nimbar
8'. gesz asal2
9'. gesz asal2-kur
10'. gesz asal2-du10
11'. gesz NE#?-asal2
12'. gesz [...]-asal2#

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
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, upper half, obv 2 cols, rev 4 cols
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: H School exercise; Forerunner Hh V?--gi$; rev Forerunner Hh IX; 9x6x13x11x12x11 lines. Collated by Vanstiphout: obv. gi; rev. gi#! Obv. section gi ma-sa//2-ab (MSL 7, 187: 63-70, without 66a and 68). Right half of obv. reused for a name list, including I.d.)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 320, UM 29-16-1

    [Veldhuis1997EEN] Veldhuis, Niek. 1997. “Elementary Education at Nippur. The Lists of Trees and Wooden Objects.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

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  • Museum No.: UM 29-16-001
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 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 02:30:11 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 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“EEN 320, UM 29-16-001 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228695.
EEN 320, UM 29-16-001 artifact entry (No. P228695). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228695 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 320, UM 29-16-001 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228695 (Accessed: March 23, 2025).
@misc{2023EEN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 320, {UM} 29-16-001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228695},
}


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