PBS 12, 10 (P227778)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 14145

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: P-Ea; Rev: Not preserved Proto-Ea; (Obv)10x(Rev)10 lines; 3-3/4 X 2-1/2 X 1-1/4 inches. Rev. destroyed. Hand impression?)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (Obv: P-Ea; Rev: Not preserved Proto-Ea; (Obv)10x(Rev)10 lines; 3-3/4 X 2-1/2 X 1-1/4 inches. Rev. destroyed. Hand impression?)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P227778
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P227778

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment Tablet frag, u.le.corner, ruled, Rev.deformed

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 14145
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	587588
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.14145
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P227778
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P227778

References

primary: PBS 12, 10

[Langdon1917PBS12] Langdon, Stephen H. 1917. Sumerian Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 12. University Museum, Philadelphia.
history: MSL 14, p.25 Gy

[Civil1979MSL14] Civil, Miguel. 1979. Ea A = Naqu, Aa A = Naqu, with Their Forerunners and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 14.
history: Mu.Photo 1076(Obv),1076a (Rev)

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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 12, 10 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227778.

PBS 12, 10 artifact entry (No. P227778). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227778 (Original work published 2003)

PBS 12, 10 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227778 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {PBS 12, 10 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227778},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227778},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 12, 10 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227778.

PBS 12, 10 artifact entry (No. P227778). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227778 (Original work published 2003)

PBS 12, 10 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227778 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {PBS 12, 10 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227778},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227778},
}

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DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P227778
LB  - CDLI:P227778
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - PBS 12, 10 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P227778
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