MSL 07, 178 V13 (P228012)

Lexical tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04873

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) Lexical, list of reeds; (Obv)(i)8x(ii)8 lines,(Rev)broken & blank. 43 x 51 x 28)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  CBS 04873 = MSL 07: 178 = V13
tablet
  obverse broken
reverse
column 1
  n lines missing
1. gi#-[gur-da]
2. gi#-[gur-da]
3. gi-gur# [ur3-ra]
4. gi-gur [sahar-ra]
5. gi-gur [nisig]
6. gi-gur szag4-[ha]
7. gi-[gur szag4 ra-ah]
8. gi#-[gur x]
  rest of column broken
column 2
  n lines missing
  1 line traces
2. [{gi}pisan igi]-du8-[a]
3. [{gi}pisan] kusz si-ga
4. [{gi}pisan] gi-dub-ba
5. [{gi}pisan] gid2#-da
6. [{gi}pisan] GAN2 ku5-da
7. [{gi}pisan] sa2-a
8. [{gi}ma]-sa2-ab
  rest of column broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) Lexical, list of reeds; (Obv)(i)8x(ii)8 lines,(Rev)broken & blank. 43 x 51 x 28)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270) Q000040 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P228012

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag, center part, 2 cols.

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 04873
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 579910
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.4873
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228012
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228012

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2008-05-26 at 02:05:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 07, 178 V13 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228012.
MSL 07, 178 V13 artifact entry (No. P228012). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228012 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 07, 178 V13 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228012 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {MSL 07, 178 {V13} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228012},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228012},
}


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TI  - MSL 07, 178 V13 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 07, 178 V13 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228012.
MSL 07, 178 V13 artifact entry (No. P228012). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228012 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 07, 178 V13 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228012 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {MSL 07, 178 {V13} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228012},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228012},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P228012
LB  - CDLI:P228012
M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - MSL 07, 178 V13 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228012
ER  -
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