OIP 011, 054 (P227990)

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 04848

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 Hh4 (st Lexical; (Obv)(i)10x(ii)5x(iii)4x(iv)3x(Rev)(v)7 lines Obv.: sig//2. Reverse stones. Description of CBS 4849 app. mistaken for thisone? Not used in MSL X, 144-145?)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. siki szag4 sig
2. siki szag4 sig tab-ba
3. siki szag4 sig nu-nu
4. siki gu-la
5. siki nu-gu-la
6. siki bar gu-la#
7. siki gu2-[...]
reverse
column 1
1'. na4 [...]
2'. {na4}za-[gin3-...]
3'. na4# [...]
column 2
1'. {na4#}[...]
2'. {na4}lagab# za-gin3
3'. {na4}ellag2# za-gin3
4'. {na4}za-gin3 dur
column 3
  1 line traces
2'. {na4}nir7 babbar-min5
3'. {na4}nir7 babbar-esz6
4'. {na4}nir7 musz gir2
5'. {na4}kiszib# nir7#
column 4
1'. {na4}en#-[...]
2'. {na4}e-gi#-[...]
3'. {na4}gi-rim hi-li#-e#
4'. {na4}TA-ba
5'. na4 babbar
6'. na4 kukku5
7'. na4 su4-a
8'. na4 sig7-sig7
9'. na4 gun3-a

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, lower part, ruled, 5 cols.
  • Join Information:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh4 (st Lexical; (Obv)(i)10x(ii)5x(iii)4x(iv)3x(Rev)(v)7 lines Obv.: sig//2. Reverse stones. Description of CBS 4849 app. mistaken for thisone? Not used in MSL X, 144-145?)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 04848
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 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 02:03:52 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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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000041 (OB Nippur Ura 04) composite (P498271) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“OIP 011, 054 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227990.
OIP 011, 054 artifact entry (No. P227990). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227990 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 054 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227990 (Accessed: May 21, 2025).
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	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227990},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227990},
}


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