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PBS 05, 140 (P227765)

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 14100

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Old Babylonian Grammatical Texts (witness) Grammatical text; OBGT 12; (Obv)(i)11x(ii)11x(Rev)(iii)9x(iv)10 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. lu2 nu lu2 kur2 bar-bar = %a s,i-id-du-um u3 bi-ir-tum
2. da-da-ra-sze3 du11-ga-ab = %a ne2-en-ze2-eh!
3. sag kesz2-sze3 ra-ab = %a ki-is,-s,a-ar
4. sze#-eb#-sze3 ak-ab = %a it-bi-it,
5. hul#-a-ak = %a za-wi-a-nu-um
6. x ba? AN = %a re-e-ia-u2-um
  erasure between ba and AN or x and ba are part of erasure
7. {bu-u2}bu-u2 = %a pi-ri-is-tum
8. a#-sza#-gar3 = %a ta-asz-gi-ir-tum
9. ne#-nam al-dim2{di-im} = %a ki-a-am ma-s,i
10. ka-mu szu am3-bar = %a pi-ia wu-usz-szu-ur
11. ka-mu ab-sa6-ge = %a pi-ia t,a-a-ab
reverse
1. ka-mu ab#-[sa6]-sa6 = %a [...]-im
2. zib2 = %a it-tum
3. zib2-mu i3-tag-tag-ge = %a it-ta-tu-u2-a u2-la-pa-ta-ni-in-ni
4. szu-sze-er = %a it-tum
5. szu-sze-er = %a ta-as,-bu-ub-tum
6. szu-sze-er = %a ha-ar-ra-nu-um
7. szu-sze-er = %a na-si2-ka3-tum
  double ruling
8. za3-til-la
  blank space
9. gen-na ak-a = %a a-na ma-ni-ma-ti
10. egir-a-ba la-ba-di-da

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
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  • Condition Description: Tablet, lo.rt.cnr.missing,(i)abraded,2cols,ruled
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Old Babylonian Grammatical Texts (witness) Grammatical text; OBGT 12; (Obv)(i)11x(ii)11x(Rev)(iii)9x(iv)10 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian, Sumerian

  • primary: PBS 5, 140

    [Poebel1914PBS5] Poebel, Arno. 1914. Historical and Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 5. University Museum, Pennsylvania.

  • history: MSL 4, p.119

    [Falkenstein1956MSL4] Falkenstein, Adam, Thorkild Jacobsen, and Richard T. Hallock. 1956. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 4.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 14100
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
2012-05-04 at 09:25:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-03-23 at 08:20:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-03-21 at 17:30:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 01:53:31 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

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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 05, 140 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227765.
PBS 05, 140 artifact entry (No. P227765). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227765 (Original work published 2003)
PBS 05, 140 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227765 (Accessed: April 18, 2025).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {PBS 05, 140 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227765},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227765},
}


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