OIP 011, 149 (P227956)

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 04806

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_ Lexical; (Obv)(i)5x(ii)5x(Rev)(iii)6 lines. Rev.(?) col. fro left to right. Obv. stones, unpublished (28-32): na//4 ad-[ na//4 ad-tab-[ na//4 nig//2-[ na//4 mu-lu-ug-[ na//4 d.lama-[ {end of column}.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

obverse
column 1
1 line traces
2'. {na4}ad-gu2# [za-gin3]
3'. {na4}ad-tab [za-gin3]
4'. {na4}nig2-tag-ga# [za-gin3]
5'. {na4#}{d}lamma [za-gin3]
reverse
column 1
1. gesz# taszkarin
2. gesz esi
3. gesz nu11
4. gesz ha-lu-ub2
5. gesz sza3-kal
column 2
1. gesz [...]
2. gesz ildag2#-[...]
3. gesz ildag2#-[...]
4. gesz kur-[...]
5. gesz ab#*-[...]

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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Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: Tablet frag, upper part, Obv.ruled, 3 cols.
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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_ Lexical; (Obv)(i)5x(ii)5x(Rev)(iii)6 lines. Rev.(?) col. fro left to right. Obv. stones, unpublished (28-32): na//4 ad-[ na//4 ad-tab-[ na//4 nig//2-[ na//4 mu-lu-ug-[ na//4 d.lama-[ {end of column}.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: OIP 11, 149

[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 04806
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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 01:59:46	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 (579852) (579852)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.4806) (CBS.4806)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P227956) (P227956)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P227956) (P227956)

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

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Cite this Artifacts

“OIP 011, 149 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227956.

OIP 011, 149 artifact entry (No. P227956). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227956 (Original work published 2003)

OIP 011, 149 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227956 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227956},
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Cite this Artifacts

“OIP 011, 149 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227956.

OIP 011, 149 artifact entry (No. P227956). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227956 (Original work published 2003)

OIP 011, 149 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227956 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 149 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227956},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227956},
}

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