MSL 07, 177 (P227784)

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 14157

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: H OB Forerunner to Har-ra=hubullu VIII-IX; (Obv)(i)16x(ii)(scribbles)x(Rev)(iii)17x(iv)18x(v)17x (vi)17 lines; 18 small frags:uninscribed, 13 small frags.:partial signs)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  CBS 14157 = MSL 07: 177 = V4
tablet
obverse
1. [{gi}]gaszam(|[NUN.ME].TAG#|)#
2. gi#-szul#-hi
3. gi-zi
4. gi-NE
5. gi-izi-la2
6. gi-sal-la
7. gi-sal-la
8. {gi}ig gi-sal-la
9. {gi}[ig] gi guru5-usz
10. {gi}ig szah3#
11. {gi}[kid]
12. {gi}murux(|KID.[MAH]|)#
13. {gi}kid# [ma2 szu2-a]
14. {gi}kid# [ma2 szag4-ga]
15. {gi}kid# [ma2 szag4 nigin2-na]
16. {gi#}[kid si ma2]
reverse
column 1
1'. [...] gesztin#-kir4#
2'. gesz gesztin-ka5#-[...]
3'. gesz gesztin#-[...]
4'. gesz pesz3
5'. gesz haszhur
6'. gesz# haszhur#-kur
7'. gesz sze-du10
8'. gesz sze-nu
9'. gesz sze-nu?#
10'. gesz#
11'. gesz# szinig#-[...]
12'. gesz szinig-[...]
13'. gesz szarx(NE)-sza4#-[...]
column 2
1'. gesz sze-u3-suh5
2'. gesz pa-u3-[...]
3'. gesz bir#-GAM-la-[...]
4'. [...] szim-gig
5'. gesz szennur
6'. gesz lam-gal
7'. gesz lam-tur#
8'. gesz al-la-nu#-um
9'. gesz ildag2
10'. gesz ildag2-kur
11'. gesz ildag2-[...]
12'. [...] ildag2#-szita3#-na
13'. gesz kur#-[...]
14'. gesz ab-ba#
15'. gesz [...]
16'. gesz gi6#-par4
17'. gesz ma-nu
18'. gesz ma-nu-szu-a-AK
column 3
1'. [...] KID#-da#
2'. [...] KID#-da-zil-[...]
3'. gesz mes
4'. gesz mes-ma2#-[...]
5'. gesz mes-me-luh-ha
6'. gesz erin
7'. gesz szu-ur2-min3#
8'. gesz za-ba-lum
9'. gesz e-lam-ma-kum
10'. gesz gi-lum#
11'. gesz gi-rim
12'. gesz zi-ir-dum#
13'. gesz MA-nu-X-um
14'. gesz ti-a-ri-[...]
15'. gesz ri2-a-[...]-um#
16'. gesz ur-zi#-nu-um
17'. gesz mi-ri2-isz-gar-ra
  1 line missing
column 4
1'. [...] nimbar#-[...]
2'. gesz nimbar-dilmun#-[...]
3'. gesz nimbar-al-dar-ra
4'. gesz nimbar-al-ku5-da
5'. gesz nimbar-al-szab
6'. gesz nimbar-gu2-na
7'. gesz nimbar-LU2-IM
8'. gesz nimbar-libisz-bu-ra
9'. gesz nimbar-al-ug5?#-ga
10'. gesz nimbar-al-usz2-a
11'. gesz nimbar-al-sig7 sig7-al-szeg6-ga2
12'. gesz# sza3-nimbar
13'. [...] suhur-nimbar
14'. gesz ama-nimbar
15'. gesz# KU#-{gesz}kiri6-nimbar
16'. [...]-nimbar
17'. [...] pa-ku5-nimbar

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
  • Condition Description: Tablet, U&Lo.pts.missing,w/many frags,ruled,O2,R3.
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: H OB Forerunner to Har-ra=hubullu VIII-IX; (Obv)(i)16x(ii)(scribbles)x(Rev)(iii)17x(iv)18x(v)17x (vi)17 lines; 18 small frags:uninscribed, 13 small frags.:partial signs)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 14157
  • Accession No.:

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

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 01:53:56 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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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: -
Cite this Artifact
“MSL 07, 177  Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227784.
MSL 07, 177  artifact entry (No. P227784). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227784 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 07, 177  artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227784 (Accessed: May 18, 2025).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {MSL 07, 177  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227784},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227784},
}


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