UM 55-21-421 (P228942)

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 55-21-421

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Lexical; 7.0x3.7x3.3)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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  3N-T922e
column 1
1'. # sah6 " ~ [|HA.A?|] = %a na#-bu#-u2#-[tum]
2'. # |[HA].A| " ~ |[HA].A| = %a na-ar-qu3-um
3'. # |[HA].A| " ~ |[HA].A| = %a sza-ra-a-qu2
4'. # |HA#.A#| " ~ |HA#.A#| = %a na-ar-ri?-tum?#
5'. # |HA.A| " ~ |HA.A| = %a gu-di-id?-du?#-um
6'. # ku " ~ {ku}KU = %a na-du-u2-um
7'. # KU " ~ KU = %a ta-ra-ku
8'. # KU " ~ KU = %a ra-ab?#-s,u2#
9'. # <(u3)> ku " ~ [KU] = %a s,a#-[la]-lu#-um#
10'. # tusz " ~ [KU] = %a wa#-sza-bu-um
11'. # KU " ~ [KU?] = %a li#-ru-um
12'. # be5 " ~ [KU] = %a zu#-u2
13'. # bid3 " ~ [KU] = %a te#-zu-u2-um
column 2'
1'. # x " ~ [X] = %a pa#-x#-x#
2'. # e " ~ E{e} = %a mu#-u2-um#
3'. # ig2 " ~ E = %a mi-t,i-ir#-tum#
4'. # kisal " ~ = %a ki#-sa-al-lum
5'. # e2-gal? " ~ = %a e2-ka-lum

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:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-421
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: 3N-T0922e
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  • Findspot Comments:

    Nippur, OI/UM: TA 191, 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 18:47:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie 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 02:38:30 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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Cite this Artifact
“UM 55-21-421 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228942.
UM 55-21-421 artifact entry (No. P228942). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228942 (Original work published 2003)
UM 55-21-421 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228942 (Accessed: February 8, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 55-21-421 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228942},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228942},
}

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