OIP 011, 036 (P229357)

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 06451 + CBS 06318

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 The tablet is now numbered CBS 6318. The tablet now numbered CBS 6451 is a Kassite admin text. The description in the old CBS catalogue agrees with SLT 36.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  CBS 6451
tablet
  right edge partly preserved
obverse
  (mostly illegible)
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. i3 [...]
2'. i3 szim# x
3'. i3 tab ze2-er
4'. i3 szi-ig-du-um
5'. i3 {gesz!}erin!
6'. i3 ligidba(|SZIM.AN.(SAL.TUG2).IB|)
7'. ligidba(|SZIM.AN.(SAL.TUG2).IB|)
8'. x x x
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. ga [...]
  now broken
2'. ga [...]
3'. gu2 [...]
4'. gu2 [...]
5'. gu2 tur#
6'. gu2 nig2-ar3-ra
7'. gu2 gal |ANSZExX|?
8'. ziz2
9'. ziz2# babbar
10'. ziz2# kukku5
11'. ziz2# gu2-nida
12'. sze
13'. [sze] esztub

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV); Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXI The tablet is now numbered CBS 6318. The tablet now numbered CBS 6451 is a Kassite admin text. The description in the old CBS catalogue agrees with SLT 36.)
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/P229357

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 06451 + CBS 06318
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 581790 + 581791
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.6451 + CBS.6318
Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (i3.MesopOil) 9578
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229357
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229357

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
2025-03-06 at 18:52:45 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
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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
2017-10-27 at 09:15:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-05-26 at 03:09:55 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, 036 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229357.
OIP 011, 036 artifact entry (No. P229357). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229357 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 036 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229357 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	month = {mar 7},
	title = {OIP 011, 036 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229357},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229357},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 036 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229357.
OIP 011, 036 artifact entry (No. P229357). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229357 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 036 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229357 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 7},
	title = {OIP 011, 036 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229357},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229357},
}


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PY  - 2025
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TI  - OIP 011, 036 artifact entry
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