MSL 08/1, 081 V12 (P229093)

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

CBS 06115

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV); Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

CBS 6115
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. gesztin
2. gesztin zug2
3. gesztin ka5-a
4. gesztin-gam-ma
5. gesztin UD e3-a
6. gesztin sur-ra
7. ga-ra-an
8. ga-ra#-an# {gesz}haszhur
9. ga-ra-an# {gesz}pesz3
10. ga-ra-an {gesz}nu-ur2-ma
11. ga-ra-an {gesz}gesztin
12. ga-ra-an {gesz}gi6-par3
13. ga-ra-an {gesz}szennur
14. szu-gur5
15. szu-gur5 {gesz}haszhur
16. szu-gur5 {gesz}pesz3
17. szu-gur5 {gesz}nu-ur2-ma
18. szu-gur5 {gesz}gesztin
19. szu-gur5 {gesz}gi6-par3

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
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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV); Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MSL 8/1, 081 V12

[Landsberger1960MSL8/1] Landsberger, Benno. 1960. The Fauna of Ancient Mesopotamia (Part 1). Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon.
history: MSL 11, 112 A1

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

Identifiers

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Museum No.: CBS 06115
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Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

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

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-07 at 09:42:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 09:14:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2008-05-26 at 02:46:48	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (580986) (580986)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.6115) (CBS.6115)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P229093) (P229093)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P229093) (P229093)

Composites

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

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

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Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 08/1, 081 V12 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229093.

MSL 08/1, 081 V12 artifact entry (No. P229093). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229093 (Original work published 2003)

MSL 08/1, 081 V12 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229093 (Accessed: February 11, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229093},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 08/1, 081 V12 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229093.

MSL 08/1, 081 V12 artifact entry (No. P229093). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229093 (Original work published 2003)

MSL 08/1, 081 V12 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229093 (Accessed: February 11, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 7},
	title = {MSL 08/1, 081 {V12} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229093},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229093},
}

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