OIP 011, 012 (P227925)

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 03918 + CBS 03928

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV); Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXI Hh forerunner; 21x21x20x16x14x14x14x17x18x16x22x0 lines; 11.4x19.7x4.5 cm)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Has fragments Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. a
2. ninda
3. kasz
4. tu7
5. tu7 sag10
6. tu7 gu2 gal#
7. tu7 gu2 tur
8. tu7 gu2 nig2-ar3-ra
9. tu7 zi3!(TUG2) gu2 ASZ
10. tu7 ar-za-na
11. tu7 lu!(KU)-ub2{sar}
12. tu7 dun3!(|URUxMIN|)-la2{sar}
13. tu7 GAN2-sze-<<DISZ>>{sar}
14. tu7 |SU.SU.LU!.LU!.ESZ2.ESZ2|-szir{sar}
15. tu7 {gesz}masz{sar}
16. tu7 {gesz}masz-gur2{sar}
17. tu7 zi3-da
18. tu7 ba-ba-da
19. tu7 esza
20. tu7 esza sag10
21. [tu7] szag4#-x#
column 2
1. [...]-a
2. [tu7 lu]-lu-bu-um
3. [tu7] u4-li-bu-um
4. {kasz}dida(|U2.SA|)
5. {kasz}dida sag10
6. {kasz}dida gen
7. {kasz}dida imgaga3
8. {kasz}dida KA-ge-kam
9. {kasz}dida szim hi-a
10. {kasz}dida al-hab2-ba
11. {kasz}dida gu-la
12. {kasz}dida u4 tab-ba
13. {kasz}dida szag4-ge gur7#
14. kasz nag# lugal#
15. kasz [...]
16. kasz [sag10]
17. kasz gen
18. uluszin3
19. uluszin3# [...]
20. kasz# [...]
21. kasz# [...]
column 3
1. kasz bur-gi4#
2. kasz bur-sag
3. kasz lu2 din
4. kasz na-kam-tum
5. kasz a-da-di
6. kasz a ab-gi4-a
7. kasz a ab-di-a
8. sa-hi-in
9. agarin4!(|<(GA2xAN)>.SZIM|)
10. bappir2
11. bappir2 SI-A
12. bappir2 duru5
13. bappir2 sag10
14. bappir2# gen
15. bappir2# al#-had2
16. bappir2# u4 tab-ba
17. bappir2# sun2
18. sun2 sur-ra
19. titab2
column 4
1. duh duru5
2. duh sag10#
3. duh gen
4. duh al-had2
5. duh u4 tab-ba
6. duh ha-ha-la
7. duh ha-ha-la gen
8. duh kurun5
9. zi3-kum
10. zi3 gu2-nida!(GIG)
11. zi3#-sig15(KAL)#
12. zi3-gu#
13. zi3-gu sag10
14. zi3-gu gen
15. zi-gu# [...]
column 5
1. ninda zi3 sze sa-a
2. ninda zi3 dub-dub-bu
3. ninda gaba-ri-a
4. ninda igi-du8-a
5. ninda esza sag10
6. ninda egir ninda
7. ninda ib2-tak4
8. ninda diri
9. ninda HU-HU
10. ninda pesz3
11. ninda haszhur
12. ninda szu ur3-ra
13. ninda ne#-ur3-ra
column 6
1. ninda gur4 [...]
2. ninda gur4-ra lu2#
3. ninda gur4-ra lugal#
4. ninda dim3-[...]
5. ninda# pa-na#?-[...]
6. ninda pa-an-[...]
7. ninda hi-ib#-[za]
8. ninda x# [...]
9. ninda [...]
10. ninda# [...]
11. ninda# [...]
12. ninda# [...]
13. ninda# [...]
14. ninda [...]
reverse
column 1
1'. i3 [...]
2'. i3 [...]
3'. i3 |HIxBAD|?# [...]
4'. i3 [...]
5'. i3 [...]
6'. i3 SZIM# [...]
7'. ligidba#
8'. szim hi-ib
9'. szim hi-a
10'. szim gi du10-ga
11'. szim GAM-GAM
12'. szim gam-gam-ma
13'. szim [...]
14'. szim sze-[li]
15'. [...]
column 2
1'. ziz2#
2'. ziz2 babbar
3'. ziz2 kukku5
4'. sze esztub
5'. sze-musz5
6'. sze gibil
7'. sze sumun
8'. sze sag
9'. sze in-ha
10'. sze ku5-da
11'. sze nig2-ku5-da
12'. sze nig2-gal2-la
13'. sze ab-sin2-na
14'. henbur(|SZE.KAK|)
15'. sze lillan(LUGAL)
16'. sze ha-ba-zi
17'. sze de5-de5-ga
column 3
1'. in# [...]
2'. in-nu#
3'. in de5
4'. in de5-de5
5'. in bul-bul
6'. an sze
7'. isin(|PA.SZE|)
8'. szub5 sze
9'. GUD sze
10'. pesz3
11'. pesz3 babbar
12'. pesz3 kukku5
13'. pesz3 za-ri2-in
14'. pesz3 sze-er-kum
15'. pesz3 sig7-sig7
16'. pesz3 su4-a
17'. pesz3 al-kum-ma
column 4
1'. nu#-[ur2-ma ...]
2'. nu-ur2-ma sag#-[ga2]
3'. nu-ur2-ma sag10
4'. nu-ur2-ma al-kum-ma
5'. nu#-ur2#-ma babbar
6'. nu-ur2-ma us2
7'. nu-ur2-ma 3(disz)-kam-ma us2
8'. nu-ur2-ma sig7-sig7
9'. nu-ur2-ma al-dar#-ra#
10'. ga-ra-an
11'. ga-ra-an pesz3
12'. ga-ra-an gesztin
13'. ga-ra-an nu-ur2-ma
14'. ga-ra-an szennur
15'. szu-gur5
column 5
1'. u4#-hi#-[in ...]
2'. u4-hi-in# [...] du11#-[ga]
3'. u4-hi-in u4-te-en du11-ga
4'. u4-hi-in bar-UD
5'. u4-hi-in sig7-sig7 al-kum-ma
6'. pesz
7'. pesz mur7
8'. pesz-banda-zi
9'. ukusz2
10'. ukusz2 ku7!(AB)-ku7!(AB)
11'. ukusz2 ab-sin2-na
12'. ukusz2 ti-il
13'. ukusz2 du10-ga
14'. ukusz2 al-dar#-ra#
15'. ukusz2 im-sag-ga2
16'. ukusz2 li-li-gi
17'. ukusz2 al-ag2-ga2
18'. naga
column 6
top
1. {d#}nisaba#

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV); Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXI Hh forerunner; 21x21x20x16x14x14x14x17x18x16x22x0 lines; 11.4x19.7x4.5 cm)
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 000043 (OB Nippur Ura 06) composite (P498273) Q000043 View the score

Record

P227925 leadP227925 lead

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P227925

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment Fragmented
Tablet frag, u. pt., lg, 6 cols obv & rev

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Nippur, 4th Exp, Tablet Hill
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 03918 + CBS 03928
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 579164 + 579163
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.3918 + CBS.3928
Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (i3.MesopOil) 10528
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P227925
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P227925

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-07 at 09:42:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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 01:57:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 012  Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P227925.
OIP 011, 012  artifact entry (No. P227925). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227925 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 012  artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227925 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 7},
	title = {OIP 011, 012  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227925},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227925},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/7/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P227925
LB  - CDLI:P227925
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - OIP 011, 012  artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 012  Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P227925.
OIP 011, 012  artifact entry (No. P227925). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227925 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 012  artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227925 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
@misc{2025OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 7},
	title = {OIP 011, 012  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227925},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227925},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/7/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P227925
LB  - CDLI:P227925
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - OIP 011, 012  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P227925
ER  -
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