MSL 12, 032 U'' (P227685)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 12515

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Ideograms beginning with GISH; (Obv)(i)5x(Rev)(ii)5x(iii)7 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

obverse?
1. SAL usz7-[zu]
2. SAL usz7#-ri
3. SAL lu2#-|KAxX|#
4. SAL lu2# x x
5. SAL# x-[...]
  broken
reverse
column 1
1'. gesz nimbar#
2'. gesz nimbar-tur#
3'. gesz nimbar-kur-ra#
4'. gesz nimbar-dilmun-na
column 2
1'. gesz pa#-[...]
2'. gesz dalla2-[...]
3'. gesz mud-nimbar
4'. gesz ze2-na-nimbar
5'. gesz zu2-nimbar
6'. gesz TUG2-nimbar
7'. gesz pi-el-la2-nimbar

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, LU.cnr,Obv.largely effaced,Rev.2cols.
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Ideograms beginning with GISH; (Obv)(i)5x(Rev)(ii)5x(iii)7 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 12515
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

    Nippur, 2nd Exp., Tablet Hill

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2008-05-26 at 01:51:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“MSL 12, 032 U’’ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227685.
MSL 12, 032 U’’ artifact entry (No. P227685). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227685 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 12, 032 U’’ artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227685 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {MSL 12, 032 {U}'' artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227685},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227685},
}

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