MSL 12, 031 W' (P227853)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 19756

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Lú OB Proto-Lu2; (Obv)9x(Rev)5 lines)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

obverse
  broken
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. pan# x
3'. [x] x
4'. aszgab-gal#
5'. SZIM#
6'. SZIM#-u4-da#
7'. ma2-lah5(|DU.DU#|)#
8'. ma2-lah5-gal#
9'. ma2-gal-gal#
reverse
1. ma2-gin2#
2. ma2-|SZU2+DUN3#|
3. szu-pesz
4. szu-pesz-had-da
5. muszen-du3
  end of text

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Lú OB Proto-Lu2; (Obv)9x(Rev)5 lines)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) Q000047 View the score
Historiae 22: 18 (P566681) Q000047 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P227853

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag, lower part, rt.cnr.broken, ruled

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Nippur, 4th Exp, Mrs Hilpr., Temple Lib, Mound IV
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 19756
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 588272
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.19756
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P227853
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P227853

References

  • primary: MSL 12, 031 W'

    [Landsberger1969MSL12] Landsberger, Benno, Erica Reiner, and Marcel Sigrist. 1969. A Reconstruction of Sumerian and Akkadian Lexical Lists. Materials for Sumerian Lexicon 12. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2008-05-26 at 01:54:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 12, 031 W’ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227853.
MSL 12, 031 W’ artifact entry (No. P227853). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227853 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 12, 031 W’ artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227853 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 031 {W}' artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227853},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227853},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 12, 031 W’ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227853.
MSL 12, 031 W’ artifact entry (No. P227853). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227853 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 12, 031 W’ artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227853 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 031 {W}' artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227853},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227853},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P227853
LB  - CDLI:P227853
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - MSL 12, 031 W' artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P227853
ER  -
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