MSL 09, 051 S01 (P229131)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06559 + CBS 06564+ CBS 08078 + N 4708 + N 5888

Period

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Literary; Rev: ugu-mu Ugu-mu. Obv. has fable of the crane and the raven: u//4 kur-gi//4.mu#en igi-nim-ta im-ma-ra-an-e//11-de//3. Civil lists a number of sources in his catalogue (no. 5.801). Apparently not part of a proverbs collection.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has fragments

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (Obv: Literary; Rev: ugu-mu Ugu-mu. Obv. has fable of the crane and the raven: u//4 kur-gi//4.mu#en igi-nim-ta im-ma-ra-an-e//11-de//3. Civil lists a number of sources in his catalogue (no. 5.801). Apparently not part of a proverbs collection.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

P229131 leadP229131 lead

CDLI number	P229131
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P229131

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	Fragmented

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 06559 + CBS 06564+ CBS 08078 + N 4708 + N 5888
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	581846 + 581847 + 581848 + 581849 + 581850
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.6559 + CBS.6564 + N.4708 + CBS.8078 + N.5888
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P229131
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P229131

References

primary: MSL 9, 051 S01

[Landsberger1967MSL9] Sigrist, Marcel, and Benno Landsberger. 1967. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 9. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

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

“MSL 09, 051 S01 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P229131.

MSL 09, 051 S01 artifact entry (No. P229131). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229131 (Original work published 2003)

MSL 09, 051 S01 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229131 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 09, 051 {S01} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229131},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229131},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 09, 051 S01 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P229131.

MSL 09, 051 S01 artifact entry (No. P229131). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229131 (Original work published 2003)

MSL 09, 051 S01 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229131 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 09, 051 {S01} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229131},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229131},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P229131
LB  - CDLI:P229131
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - MSL 09, 051 S01 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229131
ER  -