UM 29-15-738 (P228672)

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

UM 29-15-738

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (School exercise; Forerunner Hh XIII; 5x8 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Witness

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (School exercise; Forerunner Hh XIII; 5x8 lines) School text
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Composites

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

Composite	Composite Number	Score
CDLI Lexical 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397)	Q000001	View the score

Record

CDLI number	P228672
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P228672

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment Tablet frag, lower right, corner, obv blank, 2 col

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	UM 29-15-738
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	566439
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	UM.29-15-738
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P228672
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P228672

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		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	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“UM 29-15-738 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228672.

UM 29-15-738 artifact entry (No. P228672). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228672 (Original work published 2003)

UM 29-15-738 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228672 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228672},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“UM 29-15-738 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228672.

UM 29-15-738 artifact entry (No. P228672). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228672 (Original work published 2003)

UM 29-15-738 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228672 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 29-15-738 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228672},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228672},
}

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DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228672
LB  - CDLI:P228672
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - UM 29-15-738 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228672
ER  -