OIP 011, 179 (P227751)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 13935

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Metrological table or list; Rev: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clot Forerunner to Har-ra=hubullu XVI; (Obv)(i)22x(ii)15x(iii)45x(iv)21x(Rev)(v)39x(vi)41x(v ii)40x(viii)41x(ix)38 lines. Stones only, catch line : U//2. Catch line no longer legible. Col. on reverse from left to right. Obv. multiplic. table, base 10. Teacher')

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

reverse
  columns on reverse left to right
column 1
1. {na4}ka#-gi-na
2. {na4}kiszib ka-gi-na
3. {na4}lagab ka-gi-na
4. {na4}esi#
5. {na4}nu11-gal#
6. {na4}kiszib nu11-gal
7. {na4}lagab-nu11-gal
8. [...] szuba(|ZA.MUSZ3|)#
9. [...] a2#-szuba
10. [...] lagab# a2-szuba
11. {na4#}algamesz
12. {na4}kiszib algamesz
13. {na4}lagab algamesz
14. {na4#}duh-szi-a
15. {na4}kiszib duh-szi-a
16. {na4}lagab duh-szi-a
17. {na4}ellag2 duh-szi-a
18. {na4}da-gaz!(GUM) duh-szi-a
19. {na4}duh-szi-a mar-ha-szi
20. {na4}za-gin3
21. {na4}za-gin3 duru5
22. {na4}za-gin3 dili
23. {na4}za-gin3 za-la2-la2
24. {na4}za-gin3 gu2 tu{muszen}
25. {na4}za-gin3 gu2 bir5{muszen}
26. {na4}za-gin3 lu-ub2{sar#}-da#
27. {na4}ad za-gin3
28. {na4}ad-gu2 za-gin3
29. {na4}ad-tab za-gin3
30. {na4}nig2-tag-ga za-gin3
31. {na4}mu-lu-ug2 za#-gin3#
32. {na4}{d}lamma za-gin3
33. {na4}alan za-gin3
34. {na4}igi za-gin3
35. {na4#}ugur2 igi za-gin3
36. {na4#}sun4 za-gin3
37. [{na4}]bi2-za-za za-gin3
38. [{na4}]bibra(|AN.HUL2|)# za-gin3
39. [{na4}]kiszib# za-gin3
40. [...] za-gin3
41. [...] za-gin3
42. [...] x# za#-gin3#
column 2
1. {na4#}gug(|ZA.GUL|)#
2. {na4}gug gazi
3. {na4#}gug me-luh-ha
4. {na4#}gug gid2-da
5. {na4}gug lugud#-da
6. {na4}gug buru3#-buru3-da
7. {na4}kiszib gug
8. {na4}lagab gug
9. {na4}ellag2 gug
10. {na4}nir2
11. {na4}nir2 ziz
12. {na4}nir2 igi
13. {na4}nir2 pa muszen-na
14. {na4}nir2 a-la-x#
15. {na4}nir2 a-la-x#
16. {na4}nir2 babbar-1(asz)
17. {na4}nir2 babbar-2(asz)
18. {na4}nir2 musz-gir2
19. {na4}kiszib nir2
20. {na4}lagab nir2
21. {na4}ellag2 nir2
22. {na4}szuba(|ZA.MUSZ3|)
23. {na4}szuba gal
24. {na4}szuba tur
25. {na4}szuba gun3-a
26. {na4}szuba a2 zi-da
27. {na4}szuba a2 gab2-bu
28. {na4}amasz# [pa] e3-a
29. {na4}dur-gi6 an-na
30. {na4}dur-gi6 ban3-da
31. {na4}e-gu2#-en-sag9
32. {na4}e-gi-za3-ga
33. {na4}gi-rim hi-li-e
34. {na4}an-ta szur-ra
35. {na4}TA-ba
36. {na4}hu-ri2-zum
37. {na4}babbar
38. {na4}kukku5#
39. {na4#}su4#-a
40. {na4#}sig7-sig7
41. {na4#}gun3-a
42. {na4#}izi
43. [{na4}]ze2#
column 3
  first 2 lines now broken
1. {na4}tesz2
2. {na4}arhusz
3. {na4}a-ur4-a
4. {na4}hudusz
5. {na4}u3-tu
6. {na4}u3 nu-tu
7. {na4}hasz2-bar
8. {na4}naga
9. {na4}musz
10. {na4}igi musz
11. {na4}igi-ku6
12. {na4}sag-gar
13. {na4}sag-kal
14. {na4}gul-gul
15. {na4}sag-gul-gul
16. {na4}sag-du
17. {na4}kinkin
18. {na4}kinkin zi-bi
19. {na4}kinkin bahar2(|DUG.BUR|)
20. {na4}kinkin ad-bar
21. {na4}kinkin sze-gesz-i3
22. {na4}kinkin {gesz}mu-sur-ru#
23. {na4}kinkin zi gu
24. {na4}kinkin ninda-gir15(ESZ2)-ra
25. {na4}kinkin szu si3-ga
26. {na4}szu#-x-x
27. {na4}[mar]-ha#-lum#
28. {na4}mar-hu-sza
29. {na4}bur
30. {na4}bur i3 za3-ga
31. {na4}bur-szu
32. {na4}bur mar-ha-lum
33. {na4}bur mar-hu-sza
34. {na4}bur# babbar
35. {na4}bur kukku5
36. {na4}im#-babbar2
37. {na4}kiszib# im-babbar2
38. {na4}lagab# im-babbar2
39. {na4}an-zu2-gul#-me#
40. {na4}kiszib# an-zu2-gul-me
column 4
1. {na4}dur-ul3
2. {na4}hasz2!(TUM)-tum
3. {na4}kiszib hasz2!(TUM)-tum
4. {na4}lagab hasz2!(TUM)-tum
5. {na4}im-an-na
6. {na4}al-li2-ga
7. {na4}e-lal3-la
8. {na4}sikil-la-ta
9. {na4}sag-nu-sikil
10. {na4}mu-pad3-da
11. {na4}kadra(|GAR.SZA3.A|)
  check cg form SZAG4!(KAR2)
12. {na4}nuz
13. {na4}nuz tab-ba
14. {na4}nuz gu2
15. {na4}iszkila(|SZA3xA|)
16. {na4}iszkila ab-ba
17. {na4}iszkila ansze
18. {na4}iszkila-iszkila
19. {na4}na
20. {na4}na-ru2-a
21. {na4}na za3-hi-li
22. {na4}na szu za3-hi-li
  sic! Copy in SLT 179 has AN instead of ZAG (incorrect)
23. {na4#}na dub-ba-an
24. {na4}na gu2-bi2-na
25. {na4}gir2 zu2 gal#
26. {na4}sag zu2
27. {na4}{d#}dim3#-me
28. {na4}ka musz gu7-a
29. {na4}u2
30. {na4}u2 buru3-buru3
31. {na4}zi-ib-tum
32. {na4}szu-hu-um
33. {na4}ka#-pa-zum
34. {na4}a#-ar#-tum#
35. {na4}amar-gul
36. {na4}ki-masz
  3 lines traces
40. [...]-gun3
column 5
  1 line traces
2. {na4#}zi-ummu3(|SU.A.EDIN.LAL|)#
3. {na4}x# x# [...]
4. {na4}ka-szur-[ra]
5. {na4}kur-ga-ra-nu#-[um]
6. {na4}sag-gir-mud
7. {na4}kiszib sag-gir-mud
8. {na4}lagab sag-gir-mud
9. {na4}a-bala-e
10. na4 1(asz) gu2
11. na4 5(u) ma-na
12. na4 4(u) ma-na
13. na4 3(u) ma-na
14. na4 2(u) ma-na
15. na4 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na
16. na4 1(u) ma-na
17. na4 5(disz) ma-na
18. na4 3(disz) ma-na
19. na4 2(disz) ma-na
20. na4 1(disz) ma-na
21. na4 23(disz)# ma#-na
22. na4 12(disz)# ma#-na
23. na4 13(disz)# ma#-na
24. na4 1(u) gin2#
25. na4 5(disz) gin2
26. na4 3(disz) gin2
27. na4 2(disz) gin2
28. na4 1(disz) gin2
29. na4 23(disz)# gin2
30. na4 12(disz)# gin2
31. na4 13(disz)# gin2
32. {na4}igi-4(disz)-gal2-la
33. {na4}igi-6(disz)-gal2-la
34. na4 2(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz)# sze
35. na4 2(u)# sze
36. na4 1(u) 5(disz) sze
37. na4 1(u) sze#
38. na4 5(disz)# sze#
  ruling
39. u2#

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Metrological table or list; Rev: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clot Forerunner to Har-ra=hubullu XVI; (Obv)(i)22x(ii)15x(iii)45x(iv)21x(Rev)(v)39x(vi)41x(v ii)40x(viii)41x(ix)38 lines. Stones only, catch line : U//2. Catch line no longer legible. Col. on reverse from left to right. Obv. multiplic. table, base 10. Teacher')
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000041 (OB Nippur Ura 04) composite (P498271) Q000041 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P227751

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
Tablet, L.corners missing, Obv4,Rev5cols, ruled

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 13935
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 559437
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.13935
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P227751
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P227751

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-12 at 10:25:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-02 at 09:21:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2008-05-26 at 01:53:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 179 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 12, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P227751.
OIP 011, 179 artifact entry (No. P227751). (2025, March 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227751 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 179 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227751 (Accessed: June 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-15]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 12},
	title = {OIP 011, 179 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227751},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227751},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/12/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P227751
LB  - CDLI:P227751
M1  - 2026/6/15/
TI  - OIP 011, 179 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P227751
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 179 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 12, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P227751.
OIP 011, 179 artifact entry (No. P227751). (2025, March 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227751 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 179 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227751 (Accessed: June 15, 2026).
@misc{2025OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-15]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 12},
	title = {OIP 011, 179 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227751},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227751},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/12/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P227751
LB  - CDLI:P227751
M1  - 2026/6/15/
TI  - OIP 011, 179 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P227751
ER  -
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