OIP 011, 032 (P228018)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04879

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Metrological table or list; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, met CBS file: Lexical. Sachs: Obv. metrological table, measures of weight with sexagesimal equivalents (2 cols. preserved; second deeply erased); rev. (3 cols. preserved) ?; (Obv)(i)14x(ii)0(deeply erased)x(Rev)(iii)17x(iv)16x(5)14 lines. Obv. metrol.; rev.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  CBS 04879 = MSL 07: 198 = V5 = SLT 32
tablet
  obverse metrological tablet or list
reverse
column 1
  n lines missing
1. dug# [...]
2. dug [...]
3. dug [...]
4. dug nig2# [...]
5. {dug}ubur# [masz-tab-ba]
6. {dug}ubur 7(disz)!-[bi]
7. {dug}nig2 dur2-[bur3]
8. {dug}nig2 dur2-[bur3-bur3]
9. {dug}LU3!(DUR2)-[...]
10. {dug}sun2!
11. {dug}dida(|BI.U2.[SA]|)#
12. dug a kum2!-ma#
13. dug a szed10(|MUSZ3.DI|)-[da]
14. dug [gal]
15. {dug}[sahar]
16. dug za3-sze la2
column 2
1. {dug}sab i3# [sah]
2. {dug}[i3 du10-ga]
3. {dug}gur4-gur4
4. {dug#}[gur4]-gur4 lal3
5. {dug}gur4-gur4 i3-gesz
6. {dug}gur4-gur4 i3-nun
7. {dug}gur4-gur4 i3 sag
8. {dug}gur4-gur4 i3-szah
9. {dug}gur4-gur4 i3 du10-ga
10. {dug}szagan
11. {dug}szagan kusz si-ga
12. {dug}ti-sa2
13. dug gaz-za
14. {dug#}gaba-ba-ba sal#-la
15. {dug#}bar-sud
column 3
1. {dug#}a-ra!-an#-du7#
2. {dug}a-szag4-ga
3. {dug#}a-pap hal#
4. [{dug}]a-pap
5. [{dug}]ugur2-bala
6. [{dug}]lum3(DUG)
7. {dug#}lud(DUG)
8. {dug#}lud(DUG)
9. {dug}urrub(KAL)
10. {dug}urzub(KAL)
11. {dug}zurzub(KAL)
12. {dug}sila3 GAR
13. {dug}sila3 gaz
14. udun(|U.MU|)

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Metrological table or list; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, met CBS file: Lexical. Sachs: Obv. metrological table, measures of weight with sexagesimal equivalents (2 cols. preserved; second deeply erased); rev. (3 cols. preserved) ?; (Obv)(i)14x(ii)0(deeply erased)x(Rev)(iii)17x(iv)16x(5)14 lines. Obv. metrol.; rev.)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P228018

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag, lU.corner, deformed, ruled, 5 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 04879
Accession Number

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 02:06:24 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, 032 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228018.
OIP 011, 032 artifact entry (No. P228018). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228018 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 032 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228018 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
@misc{2024OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 032 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228018},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228018},
}

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TI  - OIP 011, 032 artifact entry
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ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“OIP 011, 032 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228018.
OIP 011, 032 artifact entry (No. P228018). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228018 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 032 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228018 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
@misc{2024OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 032 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228018},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228018},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P228018
LB  - CDLI:P228018
M1  - 2026/4/25/
TI  - OIP 011, 032 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228018
ER  - 
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