OIP 011, 027 (P229351)

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 06475

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  CBS 6475
tablet
reverse
column 1
1'. tu7# [...]
2'. tu7 [...]
3'. tu7 x# [...]
4'. tu7 zi3# gu2# [...]
5'. tu7 ar-za-na
6'. tu7 ar-za-na sag10
7'. tu7 lu-ub2!(KU){[sar]}
8'. tu7# dun3#-[la2{sar}]
column 2
  1 line traces
2'. tu7 nig2-luh
3'. tu7 i3
4'. tu7 |NI.LU|
5'. tu7 lu-lu-bu-um
6'. tu7# a#-ba# silim-ma
7'. tu7 a DI
8'. tu7 ur4#?-a
9'. [tu7] lal3#

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV))
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/P229351

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 06475
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 581223
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.6475
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229351
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229351

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-07 at 09:42:23 Firth, Richard Artifact 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 03:09:09 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, 027 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229351.
OIP 011, 027 artifact entry (No. P229351). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229351 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 027 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229351 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 7},
	title = {OIP 011, 027 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229351},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229351},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/7/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P229351
LB  - CDLI:P229351
M1  - 2026/10/16/
TI  - OIP 011, 027 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 027 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229351.
OIP 011, 027 artifact entry (No. P229351). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229351 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 027 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229351 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
@misc{2025OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 7},
	title = {OIP 011, 027 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229351},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229351},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/7/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P229351
LB  - CDLI:P229351
M1  - 2026/10/16/
TI  - OIP 011, 027 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229351
ER  -
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