MSL 08/1, 081 V19 (P229100)

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

CBS 06463 + N 5763

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 Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School; lexical; obv: Proverbs Coll.1; rev: coll. of model contracts; 12x17x10x11 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  obverse has the ends of lines of a model contract
tablet
reverse
column 1
1'. gu4# [...]
2'. gu4 [...]
3'. gu4 [...]
4'. gu4 na# [de5-ga]
5'. gu4 [...]
6'. gu4 [...]
7'. gu4 su4-[a]
8'. gu4-sig7-[sig7]
9'. gu4 [...]
10'. gu4 [...]
column 2
1'. [ab2]
2'. ab2-szilamx(|NUN.LAGAR|)#
3'. ab2 pesz5#
4'. ab2 u3-tu
5'. ab2 nu-u3-tu
6'. ab2 gesz3 zu-zu
7'. ab2 gesz3 nu-zu
8'. ab2 mah2
9'. ab2 szu-gi4
10'. ab2 szu-gi4-na
11'. ab2 si gal2-la
12'. ab2 nu si gal2-la
13'. ab2-za-za
14'. amar
15'. amar ga
16'. amar ga nag-a
17'. amar# ga gu7-a
18'. [amar] ga# sub#-a

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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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School; lexical; obv: Proverbs Coll.1; rev: coll. of model contracts; 12x17x10x11 lines)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: MSL 8/1, 081 V19

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

  • citation: OIP 11,, p.15 (unpub. dup.)

    [Chiera1929OIP11] Chiera, Edward. 1929. Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur. Vol. 1. Oriental Institute Publications. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/oip-11-cuneiform-series-volume-i-sumerian-lexical-texts-temple-school.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 06463 + N 5763
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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 02:47:32 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, 081 V19 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229100.
MSL 08/1, 081 V19 artifact entry (No. P229100). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229100 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 08/1, 081 V19 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229100 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 08/1, 081 {V19} artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229100},
}

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