OIP 011, 080 (P227992)

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 04850

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: tu-ta-ti List of plants; (Obv)4x(Rev)1 lines. Rev. TUTATI.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

CBS 4848 = SLT 54
tablet
obverse
column 1
1'. [{u2}]NE#? gu#-la#-da#
2'. [{u2}]giri3 mu2-a
3'. {u2}giri3 uga(|U2.NAGA|){muszen}
4'. {u2}giri3 ur-gi7#-ra
5'. {u2}sag9-ga#
6'. {u2}uzu-diri
7'. {u2}uzu-diri kur-ra
8'. sar
9'. [sum]{sar}
10'. [sum] sikil#{sar}
11'. [...]-sar#
reverse
column 1
3 lines traces
4'. DISZ zur-zar-[zir]
2 lines traces
column 2
4 lines traces
5'. DISZ me-er
6'. DISZ# mur-mar-me-er
2 lines traces

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, left part, ruled
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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: tu-ta-ti List of plants; (Obv)4x(Rev)1 lines. Rev. TUTATI.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: OIP 11, 080

[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: MSL 10, 120 (L)

[Landsberger1970MSL10] Reiner, Erica, and Benno Landsberger. 1970. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets XVI, XVII, XIX and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 10. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: CBS 04850
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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
2024-09-02 at 09:21:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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 02:04:00	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 (579888) (579888)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.4850) (CBS.4850)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P227992) (P227992)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P227992) (P227992)

Composites

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 Artifacts

“OIP 011, 080 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227992.

OIP 011, 080 artifact entry (No. P227992). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227992 (Original work published 2003)

OIP 011, 080 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227992 (Accessed: March 18, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227992},
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Cite this Artifacts

“OIP 011, 080 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227992.

OIP 011, 080 artifact entry (No. P227992). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227992 (Original work published 2003)

OIP 011, 080 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227992 (Accessed: March 18, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227992},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227992},
}

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