N 3957 (P230586)

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

N 3957

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Metrological table or list; Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV) Rev. i//3-nun; i//3-nun-dug//3-ga etc (3 cols). Obv. measures of area.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

tablet
reverse
column 1
1. kasz# [...]
2. kasz# [...]
3. kasz# [...]
column 2
1. i3 sag-bi x
2. i3-nun
3. i3-nun du10-ga
4. i3-nun la2
5. i3 [...]
6. i3 {gesz}[erin]
7. i3 szi#-ig#-dum#
  1 line traces
column 3
1. szim# gam-[...]
2. szim ar!-ga-nu-um
3. szim# dam-szi-lum
  4 lines traces

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: Metrological table or list; Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV) Rev. i//3-nun; i//3-nun-dug//3-ga etc (3 cols). Obv. measures of area.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 3957
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000043 (OB Nippur Ura 06) composite (P498273) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“N 3957 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230586.
N 3957 artifact entry (No. P230586). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230586 (Original work published 2003)
N 3957 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230586 (Accessed: February 10, 2025).
@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 3957 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230586},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230586},
}

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