MSL 12, 028 C (P228837)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-291 + IM 058664

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Lú School exercise; OB Proto-Lu; 23x? lines; 10.5x10.5)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

obverse
column 1
  3 lines missing
4. [nam]-dumu#-na#
5. sukkal
6. [sukkal]-mah#?
  about 3 lines missing
9. sukkal#-lu2-kasz4# [...]
10. sukkal#-mar-[tu]
11. sukkal#-ensi2(|PA.TE.SI|)#
12. sukkal-[sanga]
13. zabar#-[dab5]
14. |GAL#.UD|-unken-na#
15. [gal]-zu#-unken-na
16. ki#-ma!#-ad-mah-gi4-gi4#
17. gu#-za-la2
18. ra#-bi-si2-ka3-tum
19. qa2#-nu-um-a2#-zi#-da
20. ra#-bi#-si2#-ka3#-tum#
21. [qa2-nu-um a2-gub3-bu]
  broken
1'. [sza3]-tam#-e2#-uzu#
2'. sza3#-tam-e2#-usz#-bar#
3'. sza3#-tam-e2-kuruszda
4'. sza3#-tam-e2-kuruszda
5'. sza3#-tam e2 eresz-a
6'. sza3#-tam-e2-sikil
7'. [sza3]-tam-na-kam-tum
8'. [gab2]-sar
9'. [mu]-sar
10'. [dub]-sar#
  n lines broken
column 2
  3? lines missing
4. dub#-[sar ...]
5. dub#-sar#-[...]
6. [dub]-sar#-im#-ma#
7. [dub]-sar#-ugnim#
8. [dub-sar]-pe#-el#-la2#
9. [dub]-sar#-gal2-tak4#-[a]
  broken
1'. nir#-[gal2]
2'. inim#-[mud-gal2]
3'. KA#-[bala-bala]
  traces
  broken
1''. szu#-[i-x]
2''. szu#-i#-gi#-na?#
3''. a-zu
4''. a-zu#-gal#
5''. a-zu-gu4
6''. a-zu-ansze
7''. ugula-szu-i
8''. muhaldim
9''. muhaldim-gal
10''. ugula-muhaldim
11''. gu4-gaz
12''. gir2#-la2#
  1-2 lines broken
column 3
  2-3 lines broken
4. lu2#-{kasz#}kurun2#-[na]
5. SAL# lu2#-{kasz}kurun2#-na#
6. ukur2#
7. szagan?#-la2#
  broken
1'. i3#-[du8-x]
2'. [PA]
3'. [PA]
4'. [PA]
5'. ugula!-[e2]
6'. szabra(|PA.AL|)#
7'. ugula-dam-[gar3]
8'. [...] x
9'. [...] e2# x [...]
10'. [...] e2# x [...]
  broken
column 4
  illegible
reverse
column 1
  illegible
column 2
  broken
1'. [ma2]-lah5(|DU.DU|)#
2'. [ma2]-lah5#-[gal]
3'. ma2#-gal#-gal#
4'. ma2#-gin2#
5'. x-[x]-had?#-da?#
6'. szim#-mu2#
7'. munu#-mu2#
8'. ku3-gal2#
9'. ku3#-la2
10'. ma-na-la2
11'. dam-gar3
12'. ga-esz8
13'. da-ba#-ri#-ri#
14'. |MASZ.EN.KAK|#
15'. di-[ku5]
16'. maszkim-di#-[ku5]
17'. SAL# a#-zu#
18'. SAL# szu#-i#
19'. SAL# muhaldim#
20'. SAL# gu3#-[mur-ak]
21'. SAL# x
column 3
  broken
1'. SAL?# LU2?#-[...]
2'. SAL LU2 x
3'. SAL lu2-lunga#
4'. SAL suhur#-[la2]
5'. SAL ki?#-ze2?#-[er-ak]
6'. SAL x
  traces
  broken
1''. kar#
2''. kar#
3''. gab2-kar#
4''. usz-zu
5''. SAL usz-zu
6''. usz7#-zu#
7''. SAL# usz7#-zu#
8''. nig2-[gal]-ak
9''. nunuz-dalla
10''. usz7-ri-a
11''. usz7-du11-ga
12''. |HIxNUN|-tag#-ge
13''. kusz5-tag-ge
14''. mi-zum
15''. nam-dumu-zi
16''. inim-ga2-ga2
17''. u3-tu
18''. u3-nu-tu
19''. AMAR-KA
20''. la-ra-ah
21''. du10-nir
22''. a-ri-a
23''. dam
24''. dam#
column 4
  broken
1'. [dam]-dam?#
2'. [dam]-gurusz#
3'. nitalam(|SAL.SAL.DAM|)
4'. murub5(|SAL.SAL.DAM#|)
5'. muru5(|USZ.SAL.EDIN|)
6'. uszbar(|UR2xGAN2@t|)
7'. e2#-ri#-ib?#
8'. e2#-gi4#-a#
9'. dag?#-gi4?#-[a]
  broken
1''. ku#-[li]
2''. ku-li-li
3''. du10-sa
4''. gi4-me-a-asz
5''. ma2-da-la2
6''. tab-ba
7''. zu-a
8''. kal-la#
9''. mi-iq-tum#
10''. i3-sur
11''. SAL i3-sur#
12''. sze-ba
13''. i3-ba#
14''. |IGI.DIB| siki ba
15''. nig2-ba
16''. nig2-la2
17''. si-il-la2
18''. si#-il-la2
19''. erin2
20''. erin2-bu-ra
21''. erin2-sa-gi4-a
22''. kusz7#
23''. kiri4#-dab#
column 5
  traces of 2 lines
3'. [szir]-dili
4'. [a]-ga#?-an#-tum3#
5'. giri3?#-nun
6'. gin2#-{d}utu
7'. [szu]-a#-ak
  traces of 2 lines
  broken
1''. [|KID.KID|]-gi4#
2''. [|KID.KID|]-gi4#-a
3''. [x] ab
4''. ab#-a-tum3
5''. ab-lal3
6''. ab-la2
7''. ab#-szu-gur
8''. ab#-ti
9''. ab#-sal#
10''. gesz kesz2#-da#
11''. gesz#-gi4-gal2
12''. si#-si-ig
13''. si#-si-ig
14''. szeg10#-szeg10
  double ruling
  no colophon of catchline; space for 6-7 lines

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):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Lú School exercise; OB Proto-Lu; 23x? lines; 10.5x10.5)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: MSL 12, 028 C

    [Landsberger1969MSL12] Landsberger, Benno, Erica Reiner, and Marcel Sigrist. 1969. A Reconstruction of Sumerian and Akkadian Lexical Lists. Materials for Sumerian Lexicon 12. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-291 + IM 058664
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: 3N-T0267 + 3N-T0735
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

    Nippur, OI/UM 1951-52: TA 205, level XI 1

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 02:35:13 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

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“MSL 12, 028 C Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228837.
MSL 12, 028 C artifact entry (No. P228837). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228837 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 12, 028 C artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228837 (Accessed: December 3, 2024).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-12-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 028 {C} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228837},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228837},
}

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