EEN 303, UM 29-16-294 (P228735)

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 29-16-294

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) School exercise; Obv. udu; rev forerunner Hh V?--gi$; 11x9x10 lines. Obv. has lines 16-27 of the animals list (skipping line 26).)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
1. udu# tur5
2. udu ad4
3. udu ku5-ku5-ra2
4. udu ri-ri-ga
5. udu na de5-ga
6. udu kur
7. udu HI gi-na
8. udu dingir-e gu7-a
9. udu ur-mah-e gu7-a
10. udu ur-bar-ra-e [gu7-a]
11. [udu] gag szub#-[ba]
reverse
column 1
1'. gesz [...]
2'. gesz [...]
3'. gesz dag#-[...]
4'. gesz dag#
5'. gesz [...]
6'. gesz balag#-[...]
7'. gesz a2-[...]
8'. gesz#
column 2
1'. gesz# gu3#-di#
2'. gesz du3-a
3'. gesz szu-kar2
4'. gesz ebir
5'. gesz [...]-a
  1 line missing
7'. [...]-um#
8'. [...]-um-a
9'. [...] ga#-nu-um-ga
10'. gesz ga-nu-um-kasz

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, left edge, rev 2 cols
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) School exercise; Obv. udu; rev forerunner Hh V?--gi$; 11x9x10 lines. Obv. has lines 16-27 of the animals list (skipping line 26).)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 303, UM 29-16-294

    [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 29-16-294
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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 02:31:21 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
“EEN 303, UM 29-16-294 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228735.
EEN 303, UM 29-16-294 artifact entry (No. P228735). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228735 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 303, UM 29-16-294 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228735 (Accessed: March 24, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 303, {UM} 29-16-294 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228735},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228735},
}


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