PBS 05, 150 (P227805)

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 15213

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; (Obv)(i)11x(ii)11x(ii)10x(iv)5x(Rev)(v)4x(vi)9x(vii)4 x(viii)4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  (CBS 15213)
column 1
1. zi-ga = %a ti-bi
2. ga-zi = %a lu-ut-bi
3. i3-zi-ge-en = %a e-et-bi
4. nu-zi-ge-en = %a u2-ul e-et-bi
5. i3-zi-ge-en = %a te-et-bi
6. nu-zi-ge-en = %a u2-ul te-et-bi
7. [i3]-zi = %a it-bi
8. [nu]-zi = %a u2-ul it-bi
9. [ba-zi]-ge-en = %a e-et-te-bi
  (text: e-te-et-bi)
10. [la-ba-zi]-ge#-en = %a u2-ul e-et-te-bi
  (text: e-te-et-bi)
11. [ba-zi]-ge#-en = %a te-et-te-bi
12. [la-ba-zi-ge-en] = %a [u2-ul te-et-te]-bi#
  rest of column broken
column 2
1. zi-ga!(BA)-ab = %a szu-ut-[bi]
2. ga-ab-zi = %a lu-szi-it#-[bi]
3. zi-ga-an = %a szu-ut-[bi]
4. ga-an-zi = %a lu-szi-[it-bi]
5. zi-ga-na-ni = %a szu#-[ut-bi-szu]
6. zi-ga-an-ta# = %a [...]
7. ga-zi-zi-i-x = %a [...]
8. ba-zi-zi = %a [...]
9. ba-an-zi-zi# = %a [...]
column 3
  (rev. 1)
1'. sa2 [x x] = %a [...]
2'. sa2 ba-[a-du11] = %a [ak-ta-sza-ad]
3'. sa2 la-ba-a-du11# = %a [u2-ul ak-ta-sza-ad]
4'. sa2 ba-e-du11# = %a [ta-ak-ta-sza-ad]
5'. sa2 la-ba-e-du11# = %a [u2-ul ta-ak-ta-sza-ad]
6'. sa2 ab-be2-e-ne = %a i-ka-asz#-[sza-du]
7'. sa2 nu-ub-be2-e-ne = %a u2-ul i-ka#-[asz-sza-du]
8'. sa2 ba-an-ne-esz = %a ik-ta-asz-[du]
9'. sa2 nu-ne-esz = %a u2-ul ik-[szu-du]
column 4
  (rev. 2)
1'. [sa2 ...]-x = %a [...]
2'. [sa2 am3]-e# = %a i-ka-asz-sza-dam#
3'. [sa2 ...]-e# = %a u2-ul i-ka-asz-sza-dam
4'. sa2# ab-du11 = %a ka-szi-id
  (text: szi-id-ka)

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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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, upper part, RE.broken, ruled, 4 cols.
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Old Babylonian Grammatical Texts (witness) Grammatical; (Obv)(i)11x(ii)11x(ii)10x(iv)5x(Rev)(v)4x(vi)9x(vii)4 x(viii)4 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PBS 5, 150

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

  • history: MSL 4, 76 (OBGT IV)

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

  • history: PBS 6/1, pp.60-1(trl, trli)

    [Poebel1914PBS6/1] Poebel, Arno. 1914. Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 6/1. University Museum, Philadelphia.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 15213
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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
2008-05-26 at 01:54:13 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, 150 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227805.
PBS 05, 150 artifact entry (No. P227805). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227805 (Original work published 2003)
PBS 05, 150 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227805 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {PBS 05, 150 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227805},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227805},
}


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