UM 29-15-640 (P256371)

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

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Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-15-640

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (School exercise; col i: Sin, EN, col ii : gu2-gid2/gu2-gid2-su; 4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (School exercise; col i: Sin, EN, col ii : gu2-gid2/gu2-gid2-su; 4 lines) School text
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P256371
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P256371

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment chip, 2 cols

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	UM 29-15-640
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	566342
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	UM.29-15-640
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P256371

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“UM 29-15-640 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P256371.

UM 29-15-640 artifact entry (No. P256371). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P256371 (Original work published 2005)

UM 29-15-640 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P256371 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“UM 29-15-640 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P256371.

UM 29-15-640 artifact entry (No. P256371). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P256371 (Original work published 2005)

UM 29-15-640 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P256371 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {UM 29-15-640 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P256371},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P256371},
}

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PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2026/5/3/
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