MSL 14, 028 Kn (P229506)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 05206

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical, Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (Obv: P-Ea; Rev: Metrological table or list Lieberman photogr. Rev. metrol.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1'. [...]
2'. [...]
3'. 1(disz) [...]
4'. 1(disz) su2-u2 & su7#
5'. 1(disz) na#-ga#-al# & lagar
6'. 1(disz) ga-da# & lagar#
7'. 1(disz) za-a# & za
8'. [1(disz) e]-esz & esz
reverse
column 1
1'. [...]
2'. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2#
3'. 1(disz) 2/3#(disz) gin2#
4'. [1(disz) 5/6(disz)] gin2#
5'. 2(disz) gin2
6'. 3(disz) gin2
7'. 4(disz) gin2
8'. 5(disz) gin2
9'. 6(disz) gin2
10'.7(disz) gin2#
11'. 8#(disz) gin2#
12'. [9(disz)] gin2#
column 2
1'. [1(disz)] sila3#
2'. 2(disz) sila3
3'. 3(disz) sila3
4'. 4#(disz) sila3
5'. 5(disz) sila3#
6'. [6(disz)] sila3
7'. [7(disz)] sila3#
column 3
1'. 4#(ban2) [sze]
2'. 5#(ban2) [sze]
3'. 1(barig) [sze]
4'. 1(barig) 1(ban2) [sze]
5'. 1(barig) 2#(ban2) [sze]
6'. 1(barig) 3#(ban2) [sze]
7'. 1(barig) 4#(ban2) [sze]
8'. 1(barig) 5(ban2) [sze]
9'. 2(barig) [sze]
10'. 2(barig) 1(ban2) [sze]
column 4
1'. [1(asz)] gur
2'. [1(asz) 1(barig)] gur
3'. [1(asz) 2(barig)] gur
4'. 1(asz) 3(barig) gur
5'. 1(asz) 4(barig) gur
6'. 2(asz) gur
7'. 3(asz) gur
8'. [...] gur
9'. [...] gur
10'. [...] gur
11'. [...] gur
12'. [...] gur
13'. [...] gur#

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical, Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (Obv: P-Ea; Rev: Metrological table or list Lieberman photogr. Rev. metrol.)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P229506

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum Number Ist Ni 05206
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) Ni.5206
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229506
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229506

References

  • primary: MSL 14, 028 Kn

    [Civil1979MSL14] Civil, Miguel. 1979. Ea A = Naqu, Aa A = Naqu, with Their Forerunners and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 14.

  • history: TMN, p. 344, Ist Ni 05206

    [Proust2007TMN] Proust, Christine. 2007. Tablettes Mathematiques de Nippur. Varia Anatolica 18. Istanbul : Institut français d’études anatoliennes Georges Dumézil.

    (liste lexicale Proto-Ea)

  • history: photo Lieberman P-Ea Istanbul

    [sec33013] N.d.

  • history: liste metrologique C)

    [sec33105] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-22 at 13:26:38 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
2017-09-02 at 12:26:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2014-08-29 at 02:21:46 Firth, Richard Transliteration Proust, Christine CDLI Approved View
2014-07-11 at 02:47:50 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard 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 Artifacts

“MSL 14, 028 Kn Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229506.
MSL 14, 028 Kn artifact entry (No. P229506). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229506 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 14, 028 Kn artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229506 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {MSL 14, 028 {Kn} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229506},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229506},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - MSL 14, 028 Kn artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229506
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 14, 028 Kn Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229506.
MSL 14, 028 Kn artifact entry (No. P229506). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229506 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 14, 028 Kn artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229506 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {MSL 14, 028 {Kn} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229506},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229506},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229506
LB  - CDLI:P229506
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - MSL 14, 028 Kn artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229506
ER  -
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