MSL 11, 111 O (P228553)

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

UM 29-13-265

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: P-Ea; Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV) School exercise; obv unidentified; rev Ni forerunner Hh XXIII-XXIV; 3x7 lines. Obv. has pupil's copy of P-Ea 553; 562-563. (two pupil's columns).)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  UM 29-13-265
tablet
reverse
column 1
  1 line broken
2. bappir2# UD#?
3. bappir2# pa3-pa3-ra2#
4. bappir2# u4 tab-ba
5. sun2
6. [sun2] a# gar-ra
  1 line traces
column 2
1. duh x#
2. duh duru5
3. duh had2
4. duh ha#-[...]
5. duh ha-[...]
6. duh BI-[MI]

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: P-Ea; Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV) School exercise; obv unidentified; rev Ni forerunner Hh XXIII-XXIV; 3x7 lines. Obv. has pupil's copy of P-Ea 553; 562-563. (two pupil's columns).) 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 000043 (OB Nippur Ura 06) composite (P498273) Q000043 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P228553

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag, lo rt corner

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 29-13-265
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 565007
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-13-265
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228553
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228553

References

  • primary: MSL 11, 111 O

    [Civil1974MSL11] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1974. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets XX-XXIV. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 11. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

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 02:25:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 11, 111 O Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228553.
MSL 11, 111 O artifact entry (No. P228553). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228553 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 11, 111 O artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228553 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 11, 111 {O} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228553},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228553},
}


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TI  - MSL 11, 111 O artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 11, 111 O Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228553.
MSL 11, 111 O artifact entry (No. P228553). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228553 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 11, 111 O artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228553 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 11, 111 {O} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228553},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228553},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228553
LB  - CDLI:P228553
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - MSL 11, 111 O artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228553
ER  -
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