CBS 02137 (P227866)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 02137

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Lú Exercise tablet (Sum. ideogram). Rev. OB Proto lu. Obv. Forer. Hh I-II/ana itti#u? Jon Taylor: this is P-Lu2: sagi (written without SILA//3). 1 #u-du//8-a 2 #u-du//8-a-gal 3 #u-du//8-a-tur 4 #u-du//8-a-lugal 5 #u-du//8-a-na-TUR?-na 6 #u-du//8)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

obverse
column 1
1. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA.A|)#
2. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA.A|)#-gal
3. sagiax(|SILA3.SZUDU8.A|)#-tur
4. sagiax(|SILA3.SZUDU8.A|)#-lugal
5. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA.A|)#-nam-dumu-na
6. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA.A|)#-nam-en-na
7. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA.A|)#-nam-eresz-a
8. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA.A|)#-ugnim#
9. en#-nu#-ug3#-ga#-nu-um
10. en#-nu#-ug3#-a
11. [i3]-du8
12. [i3-du8]-gal#
13. [i3-du8]-e2
  broken
reverse
column 1
  broken
1'. sukkal#-i3#-du8#
2'. sukkal#-[kasz4]
3'. sukkal#-lu2#-[kasz4]
4'. sukkal#-mar#-[tu]
5'. sukkal#-ensi2(|PA.TE.SI|)#
6'. sukkal#-[sanga]
7'. zabar(|UD.KA.BAR#|)#-dab5#
8'. GAL#-unken#-na#
9'. gal#-zu#-unken#-[na]
10'. ki#-ad-gi4#-[gi4]
11'. gu2-za-la2#
12'. ra#-bi#-si2#-[ka3-tum]
13'. ra#-bi#-si2#-ka3#-[tum]
14'. qa2#-nu-um a2-zi#-da
column 2
  broken
1'. [gu2-en]-na#
2'. ensi2(|PA.TE.SI|)#
3'. sanga#
4'. um#-mi#-a#
5'. x-[...]
6'. sza3#-tam#
7'. sza3#-tam-lugal#
8'. sza3#-tam#-e2#-gal#
9'. sza3#-tam#-ka2#-e2#-gal#
10'. sza3#-tam#-ka2?#-gal#
11'. sza3#-tam#-e2#-uzu#
12'. sza3-tam#-e2#-usz#-bar#
13'. sza3-tam-e2#-kuruszda#
14'. sza3-tam-e2#-kuruszda#
15'. sza3#-tam# x
column 3
  n lines traces
1'. [dub]-sar#-[...]
2'. dub#-sar#-[...]
3'. dub#-sar#-[...]
4'. dub#-[sar-x]
5'. dub#-[sar-x]
6'. dub#-sar#-[...]
7'. dub#-sar#-gal2?#-tak4#-a#
8'. dub#-sar#-a#-ru#-a#
9'. dub#-sar#-kuru7#-ak#
10'. dub#-sar#-umun2#-ak#
11'. dub#-sar#-a#-sza3#-ga#
12'. sa12#-du5#
13'. nir#-gal2?#
column 4
  broken
1'. kindagal(|GAL.(GAD&GAD.GAR&GAR)|)#
2'. kindagal(|GAL.(GAD&GAD.GAR&GAR)|)#
3'. [GAL]-KAK#
4'. tiru(|GAL.TE|)#
5'. x-x
6'. [dumu]-e2#-gal#-la#
7'. lugal#-a#-ra#-us2#-sa#
8'. szar2#-a-ab-du7#
9'. esz3-a-ab-du7
10'. szu#-i
11'. szu#-i-lugal

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, fragment
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Lú Exercise tablet (Sum. ideogram). Rev. OB Proto lu. Obv. Forer. Hh I-II/ana itti#u? Jon Taylor: this is P-Lu2: sagi (written without SILA//3). 1 #u-du//8-a 2 #u-du//8-a-gal 3 #u-du//8-a-tur 4 #u-du//8-a-lugal 5 #u-du//8-a-na-TUR?-na 6 #u-du//8)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 02137
  • Accession No.:

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

    Nippur, upper stratum of Tablet Hill, E. of Shatt.

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 01:55:02 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

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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: -
Cite this Artifact
“CBS 02137 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227866.
CBS 02137 artifact entry (No. P227866). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227866 (Original work published 2003)
CBS 02137 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227866 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).
@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {CBS 02137 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227866},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227866},
}


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