OIP 011, 018 (P229304)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06580

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 Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXI)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  CBS 6580
column 1
column 2
1'. [zi3 gu2]-nida
2'. zi3-sig15
3'. zi3-gu
4'. zi3-gu sag10
5'. zi3-gu gen
6'. zi3-gu <<mu>> us2
7'. zi3 3(disz)-kam-ma-sze3
8'. zi3 du8
9'. zi3-milla
10'. zi3 sze sa-a
11'. zi3 dub-dub-bu
12'. zi3 ma-ad-ga2
13'. zi3 e2-da-di
14'. zi3 sur-ra
15'. zi3 lal3-la2
16'. [ninda?] zi3-kum
17'. [ninda zi3] gu2-nida
18'. [ninda zi3]-sig15#
column 3
1'. [...] si3-ga-bi#
2'. ninda i3
3'. ninda ga#
4'. ninda szu-i
5'. ninda szu il2-la
6'. ninda LISZ-da
7'. ninda ki-si3-ga
8'. ninda ki an-na
9'. ninda ki {d}utu
10'. ninda ki {d}adad
11'. ninda kur6
12'. PAD
13'. PAD-PAD
14'. dun3-PAD
15'. pa3-pa3-ra2
16'. |PAD.AN.MUSZ3|
17'. |PAD.AN.MUSZ3|
18'. pa3-hal-la
19'. [...] x# [...]
column 4
1'. ninda# [...]
2'. ninda x# [...]
3'. ninda |KI.BI.GAR|#
4'. ninda ki x
5'. ninda sze GISZ MA#?
6'. ninda# x# [...]
reverse
column 1
  1 line traces
2'. i3 szim#
3'. szim#
4'. szim#
5'. szim#
6'. szim#
7'. szim#
8'. szim# GAM-GAM
9'. szim# gam-gam-ma
10'. szim# [hi]-ib
column 2
  5 lines traces
6'. sze# sze
  {sze}u20 ?
7'. sze [...]
8'. sze [...]
9'. sze hul?-x
10'. sze ab-sin2-na
11'. sze szu-a ak
12'. sze szu kin-a
13'. sze gu-nu
14'. [...] sag#?
column 3
  1 line traces
2'. [sze] u4-de3 ri-a
3'. [sze] nim
4'. [...] x#
5'. an sze
6'. isin
  7 lines traces
column 4
  1 column traces
column 5
1'. zu2#-lum# [...]
2'. zu2-lum babbar
3'. zu2-lum sze x#
4'. zu2-lum sze x
5'. zu2-lum [...]
6'. zu2-lum [...]
7'. zu2-lum dilmun#
  1 line traces

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV); Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXI)
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/P229304

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 06580
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 581313
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.6580
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229304
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229304

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-07 at 09:25:05 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-02 at 09:21:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 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 03:07:30 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

“OIP 011, 018 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229304.
OIP 011, 018 artifact entry (No. P229304). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229304 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 018 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229304 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 7},
	title = {OIP 011, 018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229304},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229304},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 018 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229304.
OIP 011, 018 artifact entry (No. P229304). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229304 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 018 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229304 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 7},
	title = {OIP 011, 018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229304},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229304},
}


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DA  - 2025/3/7/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P229304
LB  - CDLI:P229304
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - OIP 011, 018 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229304
ER  -
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