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OIP 011, 156 (P227952)

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 04801 + CBS 04802 + CBS 04805c

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Lexical; (Obv)8x(Rev)15 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

reverse
column 1
1'. [...] KID-[...]
2'. gesz mes [...]
3'. gesz mes-alan#
4'. gesz mes ha-ESZ2-LU-har-ra
5'. gesz erin
6'. [gesz] BAD-erin#
7'. [gesz] pa-erin#
8'. [...] TU [...]
1 line missing
10'. gesz szu#
11'. gesz za-ba-[...]
12'. gesz e-lam-ma-kum#
13'. gesz gi-ri2-lum#
14'. gesz gi-rim#
15'. [...] zi#-ir-dum#
16'. [...] mi-ri2-isz-ma-ra
17'. [...] ur-nu-um
18'. [...] ti-a-ru-um
obverse
column 1
1'. gesz ma2-da#-[...]
2'. gesz ma2-szu-[...]
3'. gesz ma2#-[...]-pesz#
4'. [...] ma2#-[...]-ga
5'. [...] ma2-X-LAGAB
6'. [...] ma2-ma2#-ri2
7'. [...] ma2-su-a
8'. [...] ma2#-dim-du11-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
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Weight:
Artifact Preservation: fragment
This artifact is composed of fragments.
Condition Description: Tablet frag, left part, ruled
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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Lexical; (Obv)8x(Rev)15 lines)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: OIP 11, 156

[Chiera1929OIP11] Chiera, Edward. 1929. Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur. Vol. 11. Oriental Institute Publications. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/oip-11-cuneiform-series-volume-i-sumerian-lexical-texts-temple-school.
history: Veldhuis EEN, p. 298

[Veldhuis1997EEN] Veldhuis, Niek. 1997. “Elementary Education at Nippur. The Lists of Trees and Wooden Objects.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 04801 + CBS 04802 + CBS 04805c
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced:
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Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2008-05-26 at 01:59:20	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	approved

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Composites

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

Composite	Score
CDLI Lexical 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269)	View the score

Notes

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CDLI Notes:

P227952 leadP227952 lead

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“OIP 011, 156 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227952.

OIP 011, 156 artifact entry (No. P227952). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227952 (Original work published 2003)

OIP 011, 156 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227952 (Accessed: April 21, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 156 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227952},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227952},
}

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