MSL 08/1, 082 V38 (P228700)

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 29-16-031

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: P-Ea; Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School exercise; Proto-Ea; forerunner Hh XIII; 23x26x27x26x28 lines. Rev. begins with amar; continues into section wild animals. Very nice tablet. Rev. probably has the impression of a dog's paw. Obverse has impressions off a round object (back of the sty)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
reverse
column 1
1. [...]
2. amar [...]
3. amar ga [...]
4. amar ga gu7-[...]
5. amar ga sub-a
6. amar sah4
7. amar lirum(|SZU.KAL|)
8. amar ban3-da
9. amar mu-3(asz)
10. amar mu-2(asz)
11. amar mu-1(asz)
12. amar babbar
13. amar kukku5
14. amar su-a
15. amar sig7-sig7
16. ansze
17. dusu2
18. ansze kungax(|SZU2.ASZ2|)
19. dur3# KA-kungax(|SZU2.ASZ2|)
20. ansze# [...]
21. dur3{ur3} ASZ#
22. ansze-edin-na
23. ansze nun-na
24. ansze gir2-nun-na
25. ansze {gesz}gu-za
26. [...] bara#-la2
27. [...] kur
column 2
1. |SAL.TUK|
2. eme5
3. eme5 SZA3
4. eme5 szag4-SZA3
5. eme5 u3-tu
6. eme5 nu-u3-tu
7. eme5 gesz3 zu-zu
8. eme5 gesz3 nu-zu
9. musz
10. musz husz
11. musz# {d}nirah
12. musz uszumgal
13. musz# na4
14. [...] a
15. [...] sahar
16. [...] gud3(|KI.SUM.GA|)
17. musz# [...] |KI.KAL|
18. [...] rib#-[...]
19. musz# [...]-dar#
20. musz ki#-usz2
21. musz gesz-ur3#-ra#
22. musz szag4-tur3
23. musz sag# 7(disz)-bi
24. musz eme min
25. musz sag-kal
26. musz# si# gur3#-ru#
column 3
1. musz szag4 sig
2. musz u2-giri3 mu2-a
3. musz gar3-gesztin-na
4. musz igi nu-gal2
5. ur-mah
6. ur-nig
7. ur-bar-ra
8. ur-gi7
9. ur-ki
10. ur-tur
11. ur-dib#
12. ur-szub5
13. ur#-szub5 ku5-[...]
14. az#
15. [...]
16. nemurx(|PIRIG.TUR|)
17. pirig# ka# du8#-[...]
18. nig#
19. nig amar-ra
20. su-a
21. su-a-RI
22. ka5-a
23. ku5-da
24. {ugu}ugu4-bi
25. munus-{ugu#}ugu4-bi
26. lu-lim
column 4
1. udu til
2. masz-da3
3. amar masz-da3
4. szeg8
5. szeg8-bar
6. dara3
7. dara3-masz
8. |KUN.USZ|
9. ban2-hu
10. dim3-szah2
11. am
12. am-si
13. am-si kur-ra
14. sun2
15. kir4#
16. immal2#
17. u2-ma-[...]
18. nig2#-[...]
19. a-za-lu-lu
20. a-za-lu-lu
21. nig2-zi-gal2 edin-na
22. eh
23. eh
24. eh
25. eh
26. [...]-ta#-sa2
27. [...]-eh
28. [...]-eh

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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  • Condition Description: Tablet, rt half of obv erased, rev 4 cols
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: P-Ea; Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School exercise; Proto-Ea; forerunner Hh XIII; 23x26x27x26x28 lines. Rev. begins with amar; continues into section wild animals. Very nice tablet. Rev. probably has the impression of a dog's paw. Obverse has impressions off a round object (back of the sty)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MSL 8/1, 082 V38

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

  • history: MSL 14, p. 26 (Iq)

    [Civil1979MSL14] Civil, Miguel. 1979. Ea A = Naqu, Aa A = Naqu, with Their Forerunners and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 14.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 29-16-031
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 09:14:23 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2017-01-15 at 16:05:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:30:28 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 08/1, 082 V38 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228700.
MSL 08/1, 082 V38 artifact entry (No. P228700). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228700 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 08/1, 082 V38 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228700 (Accessed: September 11, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-09-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 08/1, 082 {V38} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228700},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228700},
}


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