OIP 011, 099 (P229523)

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 07912 + N 7563

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Lú Col on legible side from left to right, so very prob. a type I tablet.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1'. [...]-a
2'. [...] x
3'. [...] x
  broken
column 2
  broken
1'. maszkim#
2'. ugula-lukur-ra
3'. ugula-dag-gi4-a
4'. zilulu
5'. zilulu-szu-hal-la-zi-zi
6'. garza2
7'. garza(|PA.AN|)#
column 3
1'. pa#-[...]
2'. pa#-[...]
3'. pa#-[...]
4'. pa-pa-al#
5'. pa-ku5
6'. pa-ku5
column 4
  traces
reverse
column 1'
  traces
column 2'
1'. sag#-ur#-sag#
2'. pi#-li#-pi#-[li]
3'. kur#-gar-ra#
4'. sag#-us2#
5'. szu-gi#-na#
6'. sag#-kesz2?#
  traces
column 3'
  traces
2'. [gurusz]-sag#-dili#
3'. [kisal]-luh#
4'. [SAL kisal]-luh
5'. [x] ama#
  traces of 2 lines

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Lú Col on legible side from left to right, so very prob. a type I tablet.)
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 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) Q000047 View the score
Historiae 22: 18 (P566681) Q000047 View the score

Record

Peterson email 18.11.2014Peterson email 18.11.2014

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P229523

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation Fragmented

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 07912 + N 7563
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 582877 + 582878
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.7912 + N.7563
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229523
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229523

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2019-06-14 at 07:31:57 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2008-05-26 at 03:13:47 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 Artifacts

“OIP 011, 099 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229523.
OIP 011, 099 artifact entry (No. P229523). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229523 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 099 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229523 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 099 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229523},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“OIP 011, 099 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229523.
OIP 011, 099 artifact entry (No. P229523). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229523 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 099 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229523 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 099 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229523},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229523},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229523
LB  - CDLI:P229523
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - OIP 011, 099 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229523
ER  -
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