UM 29-16-537 + UM 29-16-538 (P228763)

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 29-16-537 + UM 29-16-538

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) School exercise; sign list; 4x28x25x16x5 lines. Few signs on obverse. Rev. col. from left to right. Gi and Dug.)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

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Has fragments Witness

  UM 29-16-537+UM 29-16-538
tablet
obverse
column 1'
  n lines missing
1. [...] NI X# [...]
2. [...] X# DU
  1 line traces
  n lines broken
1'. [...] dilim2 [...]
2'. [...] pap-ra-ra#?
reverse
column 1
  6 lines traces
column 2
  n lines missing
  2 lines broken
  1 lines traces
4. [{gi}]zi-DU
5. [{gi}{gesz}]zu2#-kesz2-da
6. [{gi}]gesz gi4-gi4
7. {gi}kun zi-da
8. {gi}dur
9. {gi}[dur]-su
10. {gi}[dur] gal
11. {gi}dur sig
12. gi-hi-a
13. {gi}nig2-hi-[a]
14. {gi}du10
15. gi-zi?
16. gi NE@s-[...]
17. {gi}x#-[...]
  rest of column broken
column 3
1. {dug}dur2# 3(disz)-bi
2. {dug}nig2-dur2-bur3
3. {dug}<nig2>-dur2-bur3-bur3
4. {dug}titab2(|LU3#.(PAP.PAP)#|)#
  4 lines broken
9. {dug#}[sakar]
10. {dug}[za3-se3-la2]
11. {dug}[ban2]
12. {dug}[2(ban2)]
13. {dug}[3(ban2)]
14. {dug}ka-[dagal]
15. {dug}ZA-SU-LAGAB#
16. {dug}kun-ri
17. {dug}kun-du3
18. {dug}ti-lim-da
19. [{dug}]gir16(|GIR3xGAN2@t|)
20. [{dug}gir16]-ga
21. [{dug}gir16] szag4# sig
22. [{dug}za]-hu#-um
23. [{dug}]la#-ha-nu-um
24. {dug#}za-ad-ru-um#
25. [dug] a gesztin#-na
  rest of column broken
column 4
1. {dug}bur-zi mud
2. {dug}bur-zi utu2
3. {dug}bur-zi nig2-na
4. [{dug}bur]-zi ninda i3#-de2-a
  1 line broken
6. [{dug}]epigx(|A.SIG|)(|A#.SIG#|)# gu4
7. {dug}epigx(|A.SIG|)(|A.SIG#|)# udu#
8. {dug#}epigx(|A.SIG|) szah2
9. {dug#}a#-ru nu-esz3
10. {dug#}[a]-ru!-tum
11. {dug#}[a]-pap AN
12. [{dug}a]-pap
13. [{dug}...]-bala#?
  2 lines broken
16. {dug}lud(DUG)
17. {dug}lud(DUG)
18. {dug}urrub(KAL)#
19. {dug}urzub(KAL)
20. {dug}zurzub(KAL)
21. {dug}sila3 GAR
22. {dug}sila3 gaz
23. udun(|U.MU|)
24. udun sze-sa-a
25. udun bappir(|SZIM#.GAR#|)#
26. udun mah#
27. udun titab2(|LU3#.[(UR2xU2+ASZ)]|)#
28. udun bahar2(|DUG.[SILA3.BUR]|)#
29. udun# [i3-sur]
  rest of column broken

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:
  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
  • Condition Description: Tablet,lo rt cor, rev 4 cols, obv nearly destroyed
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) School exercise; sign list; 4x28x25x16x5 lines. Few signs on obverse. Rev. col. from left to right. Gi and Dug.)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s):

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 29-16-537 + UM 29-16-538
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Findspot Square:
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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 02:32:12 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 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

P228763 leadP228763 lead

Cite this Artifact
“UM 29-16-537 + UM 29-16-538 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228763.
UM 29-16-537 + UM 29-16-538 artifact entry (No. P228763). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228763 (Original work published 2003)
UM 29-16-537 + UM 29-16-538 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228763 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
@misc{2023UM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 29-16-537 + {UM} 29-16-538 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228763},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228763},
}


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DA  - 2023/6/14/
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M1  - 2025/3/14/
TI  - UM 29-16-537 + UM 29-16-538 artifact entry
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