CDLI Lexical 000018, ex. 002 (P283722)

Lexical tablet dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 04613

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (ED birds)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
1. al-ti-ri2-gu7{muszen}
2. kad5-gam{muszen}
3. sza3-hab2{muszen}
4. sza3-bi2-la-gu-TUR-si{muszen}
5. dub#-la2{muszen}
6. ni2-dib{muszen}
7. ki-ib{muszen}
8. ki-ib-szu2{muszen}
9. ki-ib-su{muszen}
10. ki-ib-{d}nin-ka6{muszen}
11. da-U{muszen}
12. girisz-szita3{muszen}
13. za3-nigin2-ni{muszen}
14. musz-nigin2{muszen}
15. musz-lah5{muszen}
16. musz-{d}nin-ka6{muszen}
17. [...]-na-KA-si{muszen}
reverse
1. [sag]-gi4-ur3-ra{muszen}
2. bir5#-ra{muszen}
3. sim{muszen}
  blank space
  erasure
5. x{muszen}
6. TAR{muszen}
7. u2{muszen}
8. he2-usz2{muszen}
9. bi2-za-gu3-balag#-di#-kar#-gir5-za-na{muszen}
10. gir3-mul{muszen}
11. u4-gesz{muszen}
12. {i7}idigna{muszen}
13. u5-uz{muszen}
14. u5-pap{muszen}
15. u5-sim{muszen}
16. u5-tum12{muszen}
17. u5-dar{muszen}
18. u5-bi2-za-gu3-balag-di-kar-gir5-za-na{muszen}

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (ED birds)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000018 (ED Birds) composite (P499076) Q000018 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P283722

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 04613
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-018678
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.4613
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P283722
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P283722

References

  • history: CM 22, pl. 24-25

    [Veldhuis2004CM22] Veldhuis, Niek. 2004. Religion, Literature, and Scholarship: The Sumerian Composition Nanse and the Birds: With a Catalogue of Sumerian Bird Names. Cuneiform Monographs 22. Leiden - Boston: Brill - Styx.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-19 at 17:59:53 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2016-08-31 at 18:51:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-08-31 at 18:48:07 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-10-09 at 16:05:38 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-05-26 at 04:58:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-11-16 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Lexical 000018, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P283722.
CDLI Lexical 000018, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P283722). (2024, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283722 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Lexical 000018, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283722 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283722},
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Lexical 000018, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P283722.
CDLI Lexical 000018, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P283722). (2024, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283722 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Lexical 000018, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283722 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CDLI {Lexical} 000018, ex. 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P283722},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283722},
}


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