MSL 12, 029 F (P227858)

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 19808 + CBS 19822

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Lú OB Proto-Lu2; (Obv)(i)0x(Rev)(ii)1x(ii)16x(iii)19x(iv)12 lines. Obv. empty rev. lu//2.)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Has fragments Witness

reverse
column 1
  traces
column 2
  broken
  traces
1'. kur-[gar-ra]
2'. sag#-[ur-sag]
3'. szu-gi#-[na]
4'. sag-[kesz2]
5'. da-[ga]
6'. da-[ga-(an)]
7'. zu2-[kesz2]
8'. inim-[zu2-kesz2]
9'. a2-[ud5]
10'. sag#-[ud5]
11'. sag# [...]
12'. amar#-x
  x could be SAJ/KA
13'. i-si-isz
14'. i-si-isz
15'. i-si-isz#
16'. i#-bi2#-[za]
  broken
column 3
1'. ama# [...]
2'. |(GA2xAN).AN.MUSZ3#|
3'. ama-[x]
4'. ama-sikil
5'. ama-gal
6'. ama-ibila
7'. ama-arhusz
8'. ama-nir-ra
9'. ama-nam-tag-ga#
10'. ama-ugu
11'. ama-gan#
12'. agarin3-na
13'. ama-|TAGxX#|-da
14'. ama-u3#-tu#
15'. ama-nu-u3#-tu
16'. ama-nu-tuku#
17'. ama#-nu?#-zu
18'. [ama]-tam#-ma
19'. [ama]-gurusz#
  broken
column 4
  traces
1'. munus#
2'. nita2#
3'. ARAD2#
4'. geme2
5'. [gu2-bi2-dub]-ba
6'. [gu2-bi2]-gul#-gul
7'. [gal4]-la
8'. [gal4]-la
9'. [siki] gal4#-la
10'. [pe-en]-ze2-en
11'. [sag-geme2]-ARAD2
12'. [gir2-se]-ga
13'. emeda#
  broken

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
  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, cener, Obv.blank,Rev.ruled,4 cols.
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Lú OB Proto-Lu2; (Obv)(i)0x(Rev)(ii)1x(ii)16x(iii)19x(iv)12 lines. Obv. empty rev. lu//2.)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: MSL 12, 029 F

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 19808 + CBS 19822
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Findspot Comments:

    Nippur, 4th Exp, Mrs Hilpr., Temple Lib, Mound IV

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
2018-05-17 at 15:36:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 01:54:51 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 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

P227858 leadP227858 lead

Cite this Artifact
“MSL 12, 029 F Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227858.
MSL 12, 029 F artifact entry (No. P227858). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227858 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 12, 029 F artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227858 (Accessed: May 14, 2025).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 029 {F} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227858},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227858},
}


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