N 5139 (P228381)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 5139

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: list of PN's (unidentified/general) School; 12x12 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

obverse
column 1
1'. [...] usan3
2'. [...] eme#-usan3
3'. [...] X-usan3
4'. [...] gag#-sal4
5'. [...] gag#-sal4
6'. [...] gag#-sal4
7'. [...] gag#-sal4
8'. [...]-du3#-sza3-ga
  (sic!)
9'. [...]-du3#-gar-ra
10'. [...]-du3#-bar-ra
11'. [...]-gid2-da
12'. [...]-mar-gid2-da
13'. [...]-mar-gid2-da

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: list of PN's (unidentified/general) School; 12x12 lines) School text
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 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) Q000039 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P228381

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag; rev damaged

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 5139
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 573691
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.5139
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228381
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228381

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 02:17:14 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 Artifact

“N 5139 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228381.
N 5139 artifact entry (No. P228381). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228381 (Original work published 2003)
N 5139 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228381 (Accessed: May 4, 2026).
@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 5139 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228381},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228381},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228381
LB  - CDLI:P228381
M1  - 2026/5/4/
TI  - N 5139 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228381
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“N 5139 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228381.
N 5139 artifact entry (No. P228381). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228381 (Original work published 2003)
N 5139 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228381 (Accessed: May 4, 2026).
@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 5139 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228381},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228381},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228381
LB  - CDLI:P228381
M1  - 2026/5/4/
TI  - N 5139 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228381
ER  -
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