PBS 12, 18 (P227943)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 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 04595

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Forerunners ki-ulutin-bi-sze3 Lexicographical: Ana ittisu.)

Language(s)

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Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. tul2
2. szub-ba
3. tul2-ta pa3-da
4. sila-ta ku4-ra
5. ka ur-gi7-a-ni-sze3 in-kar
6. ur2
7. ur2#-bi
8. [ur2]-bi-sze3
9. [ur2]-bi-sze3 in-gar
10. ensi2#
11. sanga
12. szabra#
13. [um]-mi-a
14. ukken ukken
  second ukken probably an attempt to improve the sign
15. szid
16. szid#-ma-x#
17. di
18. di#-ku5
19. [di]-ku5# gal
20. [di]-ku5# gal
21. [di]-ku5# iri{ki}
22. [di]-ku5# lugal
23. [di]-ku5-ne-ne
24. [ab]-ba
25. [ab-ba] iri{ki}
26. [ab]-ba# lugal
27. [ab]-ba# di-ku5
28. ab#-ba#-ne-ne
29. igi# ab#-ba iri{ki}
30. maszkim#
31. maszkim# iri{ki}
32. maszkim lugal
33. maszkim di-ku5
34. maszkim-ne-ne
35. |MASZ.EN.KAK|#
36. in-kur2
37. in-kur2-e-me-esz
38. nam-dumu-a-ni-sze3
39. nam-ibila-a#-ni#-[sze3]
column 2
  beginnings of the same entries as col. 1
1. [...]
2. szub#-[ba]
3. x-[...]
  x not pu
4. sila-[ta ...]
5. ka# [...]
6. [...]
7. ur2#-[bi]
reverse
  blank

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Consult word list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag,
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Forerunners ki-ulutin-bi-sze3 Lexicographical: Ana ittisu.)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: PBS 12, 18

    [Langdon1917PBS12] Langdon, Stephen H. 1917. Sumerian Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 12. University Museum, Philadelphia.

  • history: MSL 5, Hh II

    [Landsberger1957MSL5] Landsberger, Benno. 1957. The Series HAR-Ra Hubullu. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 5.

  • history: MSL 5, 49 V5

    [Landsberger1957MSL5] Landsberger, Benno. 1957. The Series HAR-Ra Hubullu. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 5.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 04595
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 09:23:40 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2014-02-09 at 16:20:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 01:58:37 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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“PBS 12, 18 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227943.
PBS 12, 18 artifact entry (No. P227943). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227943 (Original work published 2003)
PBS 12, 18 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227943 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {PBS 12, 18 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227943},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227943},
}

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