OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04839 (unpub. dup.) (P227983)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04839

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Lexical, list of trees; (i)11x(ii)12x(iii)6 lines, 104 x 103 x 18)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

reverse
column 1
1'. gesz#
2'. gesz#
3'. gesz ab#-ba#-[...]
4'. gesz ge6-par4#
5'. gesz ma#-[...]
6'. gesz ma-[...]
column 2
1'. gesz za#-ba#-[...]
2'. gesz e-lam-ma#-kum#
3'. gesz gi-ri2-lum
4'. gesz gi-rim
5'. gesz zi-ir-dum
6'. gesz ur-nu#-um
7'. gesz ti-a-[...]-um
8'. gesz ri2-a-num2
9'. gesz ur-zi#-num2
10'. gesz mi-ri-[...]
11'. gesz [...]
12'. gesz [...]
column 3
1'. x
2'. [...] nimbar#-al-X-ga
3'. [...] nimbar#-al-usz2-a
4'. [...] nimbar#-sig7-sig7-al-szeg6-ga2
5'. [...]-nimbar
6'. gesz suhur-nimbar
7'. gesz ama-nimbar
8'. gesz# KU-{gesz}kiri6-nimbar
9'. [...] KU-{gesz}kiri6-NE-nimbar

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Lexical, list of trees; (i)11x(ii)12x(iii)6 lines, 104 x 103 x 18)
Language(s) Sumerian

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 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) Q000039 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P227983

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag, 1 side preserved, 3 cols.

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 04839
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 579879
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.4839
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P227983
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P227983

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-03-16 at 16:53:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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
2023-01-19 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 02:03:07 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04839 (Unpub. Dup.) Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227983.
OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04839 (unpub. dup.) artifact entry (No. P227983). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227983 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04839 (unpub. dup.) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227983 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
@misc{2024OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, p. 014, {CBS} 04839 (unpub. dup.) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227983},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227983},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04839 (Unpub. Dup.) Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227983.
OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04839 (unpub. dup.) artifact entry (No. P227983). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227983 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04839 (unpub. dup.) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227983 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
@misc{2024OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, p. 014, {CBS} 04839 (unpub. dup.) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227983},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227983},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P227983
LB  - CDLI:P227983
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - OIP 011, p. 014, CBS 04839 (unpub. dup.) artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P227983
ER  -
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