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N 4618 (P228293)

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 4618

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: Not preserved Forerunner to Hh XI; 4x5 lines. ku#-har-la//2-la//2 etc. (line 57).)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Witness

Text

N 4618
tablet
reverse broken
obverse
column 1
n lines missing
2 lines traces
3. [...]
4. [...] UB
5. [...] HI LAL
6. [...] x-RI
7. [...] x-um
rest of column broken
column 2
n lines missing
1. [{kusz}]har# la2-la2#
2. {kusz#}murub4# la2-la2#
3. {kusz#}a#-ga2-[la2]
4. {kusz}ummu3(|A#.EDIN#.[NA]|)#
5. {kusz#}UB [...]
6. {kusz}[lu-ub2 {dug}sumun2]
rest of column broken

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: Tablet chip, center, 2 cols
Join Information:
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Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: Not preserved Forerunner to Hh XI; 4x5 lines. ku#-har-la//2-la//2 etc. (line 57).)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: N 4618
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced:
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2008-05-26 at 02:13:51	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (573249) (573249)
Electronic Babylonian Library (N.4618) (N.4618)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P228293) (P228293)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P228293) (P228293)

Composites

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

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

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“N 4618 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228293.

N 4618 artifact entry (No. P228293). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228293 (Original work published 2003)

N 4618 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228293 (Accessed: January 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 4618 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228293},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228293},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228293
LB  - CDLI:P228293
M1  - 2026/1/15/
TI  - N 4618 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228293
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“N 4618 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228293.

N 4618 artifact entry (No. P228293). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228293 (Original work published 2003)

N 4618 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228293 (Accessed: January 15, 2026).

@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 4618 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228293},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228293},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228293
LB  - CDLI:P228293
M1  - 2026/1/15/
TI  - N 4618 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228293
ER  -