EEN 306, CBS 12705 (P227698)

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 12705

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Syllabary or ideograms; (Obv)0x(Rev)(i)11x(ii)11x(iii)4 lines. Obv. blank, rev. gi#. Bad photograph)

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Witness

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column 1
1. gesz [...]
2. gesz [...]
3. gesz [...]
4. gesz ha-[...]
5. gesz sza3#-[...]
6. gesz [...]
7. gesz [...]
8. gesz [...]
9. gesz gesztin#-[...]
10. gesz gesztin#-[...]
11. gesz [...]
column 2
  1 line missing
2. gesz al-la#-nu-um#
3. gesz ildag2#
4. gesz ildag2#-kur#-ra
5. gesz ildag2#-bur#-ra#
6. gesz# ildag2#-szita3#-na#
7. [...]-ra
8. [...] ab#-ba
9. [...] ab#-ba-me-luh-ha
10. [...] gi6#-par4
11. [...] ma-nu
12. [...] ma-nu-a-[...]
13. [gesz] gibil2#-a-[...]
14. [...]-ma#
column 3
  1 line missing
2. [...] dar#-ra
3. [...]-ku5-da
4. [...]-szab
5. [...]-na#

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):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, Obv.blank, Rev.3 cols.
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Syllabary or ideograms; (Obv)0x(Rev)(i)11x(ii)11x(iii)4 lines. Obv. blank, rev. gi#. Bad photograph)
  • Language(s):


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 12705
  • Accession No.:

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

    Nippur, 2nd Exp., Temple Library, 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 01:52:06 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: -
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Cite this Artifact
“EEN 306, CBS 12705 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227698.
EEN 306, CBS 12705 artifact entry (No. P227698). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227698 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 306, CBS 12705 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227698 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {EEN 306, {CBS} 12705 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227698},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227698},
}

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