EEN 305, CBS 13525+ (P227729)

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 13525 + CBS 13527 + CBS 13528 + CBS 13570 + CBS 13577 + CBS 13621a

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) Big right hand part of type II tablet. Obv.: right hand part preserved, few pupil's signs left, rest erased. Rev. 3 columns, plus some signs of a fourth column, gi# (gigir and ig). Very bad writing. The tablet booked by error in Gerardi 'Catalogue' as CBS)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Witness

reverse
column 1
1. [...] gigir
2. [...] e2-gigir
3. [...] e2-usan3-gigir
4. gesz SUM#?-KI-[...]-gigir#
5. gesz GIR2-gigir
6. gesz# GUL-gigir
7. gesz# sahar-gi-gigir
8. gesz# su-din-gigir
9. [...] su-mar-lum#-gigir
10. gesz [...]
11. gesz x [...] dur2-gigir
12. gesz giri3#-gub#-gigir
13. gesz mud#
14. gesz# [...] mud#-[...]
15. gesz# nir#?-gigir
16. gesz gag-nir-gigir
17. gesz umbin-gigir
18. gesz gag-umbin-gigir
19. gesz si#-[...]
column 2
1. gesz usan3#
2. gesz ama-usan3#
3. gesz gag-sal4
4. gesz za#-ra#-gag#-[...]
5. gesz umbin#-gag#-[...]
6. gesz szid-du3-[...]
7. gesz szid#-du3-bar-[...]
8. gesz szid-du3-a-sza3
9. gesz mar-gid2-da#
10. gesz gu#-[...]-gid2-da
11. gesz KAK-mar-gid2-da
12. gesz gag-za-mar-gid2-da
13. gesz sag-ZI-X-X-gid2
  2 lines illegible
  erased?
16. gesz mud-mar-gid2-da
17. [...]-mud-mar-gid2-da
column 3
1. gesz x
2. gesz ig
3. gesz ig-gal
4. gesz ig-i3
5. gesz ig-li
6. gesz ig-dib
7. gesz ig-URU
8. gesz ig-masz-tab-ba#
9. gesz ig-u3-ma
10. gesz ig#-mi-GIR2-za
11. [...] ig#-E2-na
12. [...] ig#-[...]
13. [...] X ASZ
14. [...]-ra
column 4
  5 lines missing
6. [...] TUG2?
7. [...]-gar
8. [...]-a
9. [...]-NE#

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
  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag,Rpt,UE&Lo.pt.missing,Rev.blank,Obv4cls
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Big right hand part of type II tablet. Obv.: right hand part preserved, few pupil's signs left, rest erased. Rev. 3 columns, plus some signs of a fourth column, gi# (gigir and ig). Very bad writing. The tablet booked by error in Gerardi 'Catalogue' as CBS)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 305, CBS 13525+

    [Veldhuis1997EEN] Veldhuis, Niek. 1997. “Elementary Education at Nippur. The Lists of Trees and Wooden Objects.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 13525 + CBS 13527 + CBS 13528 + CBS 13570 + CBS 13577 + CBS 13621a
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

    Nippur IV, H.V.Hilprecht, Tablet Hill

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 01:52:40 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

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

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:

P227729 lead; joins (exc. CBS 13577) based on EEN 305. Join of CBS 13577 based on CDLI photo.P227729 lead; joins (exc. CBS 13577) based on EEN 305. Join of CBS 13577 based on CDLI photo.

Cite this Artifact
“EEN 305, CBS 13525+ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227729.
EEN 305, CBS 13525+ artifact entry (No. P227729). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227729 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 305, CBS 13525+ artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227729 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 305, {CBS} 13525+ artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227729},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227729},
}


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