PBS 05, 129 (P227836)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 15402

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 Proto-Ea; (Obv)14x(Rev)0 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (Obv: P-Ea Proto-Ea; (Obv)14x(Rev)0 lines)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P227836
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P227836

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment Tablet frags(2), center missing, ruled, Rev.blank

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 15402
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	588239
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.15402
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P227836
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P227836

References

primary: PBS 5, 129

[Poebel1914PBS5] Poebel, Arno. 1914. Historical and Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 5. University Museum, Pennsylvania.
history: MSL 14, p.23 Fh

[Civil1979MSL14] Civil, Miguel. 1979. Ea A = Naqu, Aa A = Naqu, with Their Forerunners and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 14.

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 Artifacts

“PBS 05, 129 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227836.

PBS 05, 129 artifact entry (No. P227836). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227836 (Original work published 2003)

PBS 05, 129 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227836 (Accessed: April 28, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227836},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 05, 129 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227836.

PBS 05, 129 artifact entry (No. P227836). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227836 (Original work published 2003)

PBS 05, 129 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227836 (Accessed: April 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {PBS 05, 129 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227836},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227836},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/28/
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