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

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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

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Witness

  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|)

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):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, lU.corner, deformed, ruled, 5 cols.
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • 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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 04879
  • 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 02:06:24 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 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270) View the score

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“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: May 23, 2025).
@misc{2024OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-23]},
	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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