MSL 14, 088 Q (P227712)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 12751 + CBS 12751a

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Proto Aa Syllabary; 2 frags.belonging to same tablet, the second piece identified by Benno Landsberger from among(?) a group of unnumbered Nippur pieces (Sept 29, 1949); (Rev)(i)12x(ii)13 lines; *ca.2000 or later)

Language(s)

Measurements

Has fragments

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (Obv: Proto Aa Syllabary; 2 frags.belonging to same tablet, the second piece identified by Benno Landsberger from among(?) a group of unnumbered Nippur pieces (Sept 29, 1949); (Rev)(i)12x(ii)13 lines; *ca.2000 or later)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

P227712 leadP227712 lead

CDLI number	P227712 P227713 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P227712

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment Fragmented Tablet frag, clear writing, clay well-washed

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot	Nippur, 2nd Exp., E. of Shatt, Tablet Hill
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 12751 + CBS 12751a
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	586873 + 586874
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.12751
DCCLT/Reading the Signs (DCCLT/signlists)	P227712
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P227712

References

primary: MSL 14, 088 Q

[Civil1979MSL14] Civil, Miguel. 1979. Ea A = Naqu, Aa A = Naqu, with Their Forerunners and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 14.
history: PBS 5, 103 (CBS 12751a)

[Poebel1914PBS5] Poebel, Arno. 1914. Historical and Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 5. University Museum, Pennsylvania.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 14, 088 Q Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227712.

MSL 14, 088 Q artifact entry (No. P227712). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227712 (Original work published 2003)

MSL 14, 088 Q artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227712 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 14, 088 {Q} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227712},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227712},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 14, 088 Q Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227712.

MSL 14, 088 Q artifact entry (No. P227712). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227712 (Original work published 2003)

MSL 14, 088 Q artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227712 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 14, 088 {Q} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227712},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227712},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P227712
LB  - CDLI:P227712
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - MSL 14, 088 Q artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P227712
ER  -