MSL 14, 021 Dg (P229423)

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 06118

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: P-Ea; Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) Rev. wild animals (starting mu#). Tablet almost complete.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
reverse
column 1
1. musz
2. musz husz
3. musz {d}[...]
4. musz uszumgal(|GAL#.BUR2#|)#
5. musz na4
6. musz a
7. musz sahar
8. musz# gud3
9. musz# {u2}|KI#.KAL|
10. musz# {u2}rib#-ba
11. musz ki-in-dar
12. musz ki-usz2
13. musz# [...]-ur3#-ra
14. musz szag4#-tur3
15. musz sag 7(disz)-bi
16. musz eme# min#
17. musz sag#-kal
18. musz# si# gur3#-ru#
19. [...] ku5-[...]
20. musz szag4# [...]
21. musz u2-giri3# mu2#-a
22. musz gar3-gesztin-na
23. musz igi nu-gal2
24. ur-mah
25. ur-nig
26. ur-bar-ra#
27. ur-gi7#
28. ur-ki#
29. ur-tur
30. ur-dib
31. ur-szub5
32. ur-szub5 ku5-da
  1 line missing
column 2
2. pirig
3. nemurx(|PIRIG.TUR|)
4. pirig# ka du8#-a
5. nig
6. nig# amar-ra
  1 line missing
8. [...]-RI
9. ka5#-a
10. {ugu#}ugu4#-bi
11. munus {[ugu}]ugu4#-bi
12. [...]-lim#
13. [...]-til
14. masz-da3
15. amar masz-da3
16. szeg9
17. [...]-bar
18. dara3#
19. dara3#-masz
20. |KUN#.USZ|
21. ban2-hu
22. dim3-szah2#
23. am
24. am-si
25. am-si kur-ra
26. sun2
27. kir4
column 3
1. u2-ma-am#
2. nig2-[...]
3. a-za-lu#-[...]
4. a-za-lu#-lu#
5. nig2#-zi#-gal2# edin#-na#
6. eh#
  3 lines missing
10. sag#-[...]
11. KA#-[...]
12. eh
  1 line missing
14. eh a-[...]
15. eh sag#-[...]
16. eh [...]
17. eh [...]
18. eh zi3#-[...]
19. eh# [...]-ra#
20. nim#
21. nim sahar-ra
22. nim ur-mah
23. nim ur-nig
24. nim ur-bar-ra
25. nim# ur-gi7
column 4
1. nim ur-ki
2. nim mul
3. nim i3-nun
4. nim bi2-bi2?-a-IGI@g-EN-IGI@g-EN
5. bir5
6. bir5 gal
  2 lines illegible
9. bir5 sahar#?-ra#
10. bir5 tur-tur#
11. [bir5] en#-tir#
12. [...] ga2?-nu-[...]
  1 line illegible
14. pesz2
15. pesz2-gesz-gi#
16. pesz2-gesz-gi#-[...]
17. pesz2-a-sza3-[...]
18. pesz2-igi-gun3
19. pesz2#-nig2-gilim-ma
20. pesz2#-nig2-gilim-gilim-ma
21. pesz2#-dug-sila3?-gaz
22. {d}nin#-ka6#

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: P-Ea; Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) Rev. wild animals (starting mu#). Tablet almost complete.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: MSL 14, 021 Dg

    [Civil1979MSL14] Civil, Miguel. 1979. Ea A = Naqu, Aa A = Naqu, with Their Forerunners and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 14.

  • history: 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 06118
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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
2012-08-13 at 16:58:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 03:11:47 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 14, 021 Dg Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229423.
MSL 14, 021 Dg artifact entry (No. P229423). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229423 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 14, 021 Dg artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229423 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 14, 021 {Dg} artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229423},
}

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