PBS 12, 16 (P227944)

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 04599

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 Syllabary, part of Ana ittisu; Left half of long 2-col tablet?)

Language(s)

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obverse
column 1
  1 lines traces
2. sa-du-ul-bi
3. e sa-du-ul-bi
4. dal-ba-na
5. e dal-ba-na
6. dal-ba-na
7. iz-zi dal-ba-na
8. nig2-gal2-la
9. nu-nig2-gal2-la
10. kaskal
11. har-ra-an
12. har-ra-an
13. har-ra-an gur
14. ka-gir2
15. gu4!-u4-da kalam-ma
16. ki-usz
17. ki-usz
18. ki-usz
19. suhur
20. suhur-me
21. suhur la2
22. suhur la2-la2
23. gu2 me-ri-ri
24. gu2-da ri-a
25. gu2 ak-a
26. gu2 nig2-gilim-ma
27. gu2 dib
28. sag# dib#-ba
29. [...]-me
30. [...]-ri#-im
31. [...]-bala-la
32. [...]-bala-la
33. [...]-bala-la
34. lum#-lum
35. lam#-lam
36. si-si-ig
37. si-si-ig
38. si-si-ig
39. szurum
40. szurum

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
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag,
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Forerunners ki-ulutin-bi-sze3 Syllabary, part of Ana ittisu; Left half of long 2-col tablet?)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: PBS 12, 16

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

  • history: MSL 5, 49 V6

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

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  • Museum No.: CBS 04599
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
2008-05-26 at 01:58:46 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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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 12, 16 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227944.
PBS 12, 16 artifact entry (No. P227944). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227944 (Original work published 2003)
PBS 12, 16 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227944 (Accessed: May 23, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {PBS 12, 16 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227944},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227944},
}

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