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CBS 02177 (P227878)

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 02177

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, Lexicographical. Obv. DUG items, rev. KU$.)

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Text

CBS 02177
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [{gi}ma-sa2-ab GAN2] ku5#-da#
2. [{gi}ma-sa2-ab ...] x u4-hu-um
3. [{gi}ma-sa2]-ab# esir(|[A].LAGABxKUL!|)#
1 line traces
rest of column broken
column 2
1. {dug#}[...]
2. {dug}[...]
3. {dug}[...]
4. {dug}[...]
5. {dug#}[...]
rest of column broken
reverse
column 1
1. {dug#}[...]
2. {dug#}[...]
3. {dug#}[...]
1 line broken
rest of column broken
column 2
n lines missing
1. {kusz#}|AB2xSZE|-ba#?
2. {kusz}da!(A2)-ba!(SU)
3. {kusz}a2-si
4. {kusz}a2-si# gal#?
5. {kusz}[ub]
6. {kusz}[bar-sim]
column 3
n lines missing
2 lines broken
3. [{uruda}aga DUN3@g]-ma
4. [{uruda}aga silig]-ga

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: Tablet, fragment
Join Information:
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Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, Lexicographical. Obv. DUG items, rev. KU$.)
Language(s):

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 02177
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:
Nippur, Tablet Hill, East Side of Shatt en-Nil

Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced:
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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
2008-05-26 at 01:55:29	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Penn Museum (577901) (577901)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.2177) (CBS.2177)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P227878) (P227878)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P227878) (P227878)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
CDLI Lexical 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“CBS 02177 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227878.

CBS 02177 artifact entry (No. P227878). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227878 (Original work published 2003)

CBS 02177 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227878 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {CBS 02177 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227878},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227878},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P227878
LB  - CDLI:P227878
M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - CBS 02177 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P227878
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CBS 02177 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227878.

CBS 02177 artifact entry (No. P227878). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227878 (Original work published 2003)

CBS 02177 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227878 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {CBS 02177 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227878},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227878},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P227878
LB  - CDLI:P227878
M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - CBS 02177 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P227878
ER  -