CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 072 (P235797)

Lexical tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 11118

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (wild animals; OB Nippur Ura 03 (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

obverse
column 1
1. ur#-mah
2. [ur]-e
3. [ur] gi7#
4. [ur]-dib
5. ur# bar-ra
6. ur#-szur4
7. ur-szur4-gu4
8. ur kun nu-tuku
9. ur babbar#
10. ur kukku5
11. ur su13-a
12. ur gun3-a
13. [ur] sig7
reverse
column 1
1. udu# [nita2]
2. udu nita2 gesz du3#-a
3. udu utua
4. udu u2
5. udu DU
6. udu a-lum#
7. udu a-lum# niga#
8. udu a-lum niga sag10#
9. udu gukkal
10. udu gukkal niga
11. udu gukkal niga sag10#
12. udu ad4
13. udu ri-ri-ga
14. udu na de5-ga
15. udu kur-ra
16. udu dingir gu7-e-a
17. udu ur-mah gu7-e-a
18. udu gag szub-ba
19. udu gan szub-ba
20. udu ur5 szub-ba
1 line traces
column 2
1 line missing
2. udu x-ra
3. udu ur3-ra
4. udu sag nim-nim
5. udu nim-nim
6. udu si min la2
7. udu zu2-si-ig-ga
8. udu zu2-si-ig-ga [kur]-ra#
9. udu sikil#?-x
10. udu x-x-MIN
11. [udu] nam#-an!-na
12. udu nam-a-ak
13. udu nam-ak
14. udu nam-erim-ma!
15. udu bar gal2
16. udu bar sud3?-a
17. [udu] gesz tag-ga
18. udu bar babbar
19. udu bar#? su13
1 line traces
column 3
3 lines traces
4. [udu si2]-il-lum
5. [udu] tir-zum
6. [udu] BALAG-ma
7. [udu] sa10#?-a
8. [udu] babbar
9. [udu] kukku5
10. [udu] gal-lu
11. [udu] da-gal-lu
12. [udu] szu-gi-na!
13. udu# tum-ma
14. udu szakanka(|KI.LAM|)
15. udu ki-bi gar-ra
16. udu szum-ma
4 lines traces

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (wild animals; OB Nippur Ura 03 (witness))
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

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Museum No.: YBC 11118
Accession No.:

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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2015-06-15 at 19:44:49	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2013-12-14 at 11:55:51	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-05-26 at 04:14:38	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2004-06-18 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Veldhuis, Niek		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-024912) (BC-024912)
Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.11118) (YBC.11118)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P235797) (P235797)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P235797) (P235797)

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Score
CDLI Lexical 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397)	View the score

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Lexical 000001, Ex. 072 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P235797.

CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 072 artifact entry (No. P235797). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P235797 (Original work published 2004)

CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 072 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P235797 (Accessed: December 7, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
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	title = {CDLI {Lexical} 000001, ex. 072 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P235797},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P235797},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Lexical 000001, Ex. 072 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P235797.

CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 072 artifact entry (No. P235797). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P235797 (Original work published 2004)

CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 072 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P235797 (Accessed: December 7, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Lexical} 000001, ex. 072 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P235797},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P235797},
}

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DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2025/12/7/
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