MSL 11, 111 R (P229356)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 5757

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Nigga; Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV) School; obv: Nigga; 7 lines; rev: Forerunner to Hh XXIII-XXIV; 9 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  N 5757
tablet
reverse
column 1
  1 line traces
2'. ninda i3 de2# [...]
3'. ninda i3 de2# [...]
4'. ninda i3 de2 [...]
5'. ninda i3 de2-a [...]
6'. ninda i3 de2-a [...] a si3-ga
7'. ninda i3
8'. ninda ga#
9'. ninda szu?-i#

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Nigga; Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV) School; obv: Nigga; 7 lines; rev: Forerunner to Hh XXIII-XXIV; 9 lines) School text
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/P229356

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 N 5757
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 574648
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.5757
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229356
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229356

References

  • primary: MSL 11, 111 R

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

  • history: MSL 13, 094 U1

    [Civil1971MSL13] Civil, Miguel, and Erica Reiner. 1971. Izi = Išātu, Ká-Gal = Abullu, and Níg-Ga = Makkūru. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 13.

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
2024-09-05 at 09:33:17 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 03:09:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 11, 111 R Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229356.
MSL 11, 111 R artifact entry (No. P229356). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229356 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 11, 111 R artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229356 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 7},
	title = {MSL 11, 111 {R} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229356},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229356},
}


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TI  - MSL 11, 111 R artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 11, 111 R Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229356.
MSL 11, 111 R artifact entry (No. P229356). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229356 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 11, 111 R artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229356 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2025MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 7},
	title = {MSL 11, 111 {R} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229356},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229356},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/7/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P229356
LB  - CDLI:P229356
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - MSL 11, 111 R artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229356
ER  -
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