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CDLI Lexical 000020, ex. 002 (P228023)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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 07094

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (ED Plants (witness) List of plants and vegetables; with interlinear phonetic readings; (Obv)4(3 glosses)x(Rev)6(6 glosses) lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-x
2'. [...]-esz
3'. [...]-zu
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. gazi#{+gi-zi} KU7{+ga-ga-le}-e{sar#}
2'. KU7{+ga-ga-le} zubi-ke4{+zu-bu-ke4}
3'. sum{+szum}{sar} GISZ{+tu-ku-ul} mes{+me-esz3}
4a'. gu2 ki
4b'. am-la2
5'. [...]
reverse
column 1
1. kikken#{+ki-in-ki#-in#} e2 x{+x-x}
2. idim-e{+i-di-me-e} am-sza4{+am-sza}
3. sum{+szum}{sar} geszimmar-e{+ge2-esz-ni-in-ba-ar-re}
4. e2-zi-da{+e2-zi3-da}
5. sumur2-sze3{+su2-mu-ur2-sze} am3-la2{+am3-la2}
6. sum{+szum} szir-dili{+sze-ri-dili}
7. x an-na#?
  rest broken
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...] sar#
3. [...] sar#
4. [...] sar#
5. [...] sar#
6. [...] sar#
7. [...] sar#
  rest broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, mid.R.part, ruled
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (ED Plants (witness) List of plants and vegetables; with interlinear phonetic readings; (Obv)4(3 glosses)x(Rev)6(6 glosses) lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 07094
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

    Nippur, Babylonian Expedition

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-30 at 10:07:31 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
2016-09-06 at 13:09:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:06:41 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 000020 (ED Plants) composite (P499149) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Lexical 000020, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228023.
CDLI Lexical 000020, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P228023). (2024, August 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228023 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Lexical 000020, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228023 (Accessed: April 17, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 30},
	title = {CDLI {Lexical} 000020, ex. 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228023},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228023},
}


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