OIP 011, 089 + 191 (P228033)

Lexical prism 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 07844 (+) CBS 07855 (+) N 5302 (+) HS 1796 + HS 1869

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Prism

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) Lexical; (side 1)(i)25x(ii)34x(side 2)(iii)33 lines. N 5302 contains: Col i traces: [ ]-di [ ]-#e [ ]-x Col ii 114 gi-1/2 ku#//3 115 gi-1/3 ku#//3 116 gi-2/3 ku#//3 117 gi-#en-tab-ba 118 gi-#en-[g]ag-#ibir 119 gi- [ 120 gi-#u//2-[ 121 gi- [)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Witness

Text

object prism
surface a1
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [gi]-izi#-[la2]
2'. gi#-[sal-la]
3'. gi#-[sal-la]
4'. {gi}ig [sal-la]
5'. {gi}ig [guru5-usz]
6'. {gi}ig [szah3]
7'. {gi}[kid]
8'. {gi}murux(|KID.MAH|)#
9'. {gi}kid [ma2 szu-a]
10'. {gi}kid [ma2 sza3-ga]
11'. {gi}kid [ma2 sza3 nigin2-na]
12'. {gi}kid [si ma2]
13'. {gi}kid [URU-DI]
14'. {gi#}kid# [DI-URU]
  rest broken
column 2
  broken
surface a2
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] DI
2'. [...] nam#
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. gi# 1/2(disz)# kusz3#
2'. gi szuszana kusz3
3'. gi szanabi kusz3
4'. {gi}dur10 tab-ba
5'. {gi}dur10 gag# szibir#
6'. {gi}[szu2]
7'. {gi}szu2-[a]
8'. {gi}[e]
9'. {gi}[uri3]
10'. {gi}en3#-[bar]
11'. {gi}en3#-[bar du10-ga]
12'. {gi#}en3#-[bar {u2}numun2]
  rest broken
surface a3
column 1
  beginning broken
1. {gi#}[...]
2. {gi#}[...]
3. {gi}[...]
4. {gi}[...]
  rest broken
column 2
  broken
surface a4
  broken
surface a5
column 1
  (beginning lines with traces)
1'. [{kusz}a2]-la2
2'. [{kusz}za3]-mi2
3'. [{kusz}zi-ma]-ha#-rum
4'. [{kusz}ellag2]-kusz
5'. an
6'. [an]-na
7'. [an]-zah
8'. [an-zah] ge6
9'. [an-zah] babbar
10'. [su3-ra2]-ag2!
11'. [su3]-ra2-ag2
12'. [szim-bi]-zi#-da
13'. [szim] sig7#-sig7
14'. [szim {na4}]sahar
15'. [...] ru!-gu2
16'. [a]-gar5#
  (rest lines with traces)
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] NE#
2'. [...] x KIN
3'. [{uruda}]szir3-szir3
4'. {uruda#}har szir3-szir3
5'. {uruda}murub4 szir3-szir3
6'. {uruda}nam-za-qum
7'. {uruda}gag-MUSZ3@g
8'. {uruda}ki-lugal-gub
9'. {uruda}ki-gal
10'. {uruda}ki-en-gub
11'. zabar
12'. zabar-szu
13'. {zabar}dug#
14'. {zabar}{dug}mud3
15'. {zabar}ma2-gur8
16'. zabar-hi-a
17'. sza-u19-sza{zabar}
18'. szu2#-usz#-gar{zabar}
19'. szu-IM-ba{zabar}
20'. am-ma-an{zabar}
21'. an-za-am{zabar}
22'. ub3{zabar}
23'. ub3 ama5{zabar}
24'. ha-zi-in{zabar}
25'. ha-zi-in ama5{zabar}
26'. ha-zi-in gu2-tum12{muszen}{zabar}
27'. ha-zi-in gu2-bir5{muszen}{zabar}
28'. ma!-ak-ta-ru-um{zabar}
29'. za!-ha-da#[{zabar}]
  rest broken
surface a6
column 1
1. [bulug szu]{zabar#}
2. [bulug-KIN-gur4]{zabar#}
3. [bulug ha]-ra#-an{zabar}
4. bulug {gesz}gigir{zabar}
5. ir{zabar}
6. nun{zabar}
7. gir2{zabar}
8. gir2 szu-i{zabar}
9. gir2 aszgab{zabar}
10. gir2# gi-zu2{zabar}
11. [gir2] sun{zabar}
12. [gir2 ur3-ra]{zabar#}
  11 lines broken
surface a7
column 1
1. szu#-[gur{zabar}]
2. esz-gur#[{zabar}]
3. har[{zabar}]
4. har szu[{zabar}]
5. har giri3[{zabar}]
6. har gal[{zabar}]
7. li-li-esz3#[{zabar}]
8. me-ze2[{zabar}]
9. hub2-du-[um{zabar}]
10. ku3-[babbar]
11. ku3-babbar [kal-ga]
12. ku3-babbar u3#-tu#
13. ku3-babbar a-gar5#
14. ku3-babbar kuru7-ak#
15. tu-di-tum ku3-babbar#
16. kam-kam-ma-tum ku3-babbar#
17. asz-me ku3-babbar#
18. u-gun3 ku3-babbar#
19. ubur u-gun3 ku3-babbar#
20. szu-gur ku3-babbar#
21. esz-gur ku3-babbar#
22. har ku3-babbar#
23. har szu ku3-babbar
24. har giri3# ku3#-[babbar]
25. har gal ku3#-[babbar]
26. hub2-du-um ku3#-[babbar]
27. {d}lama ku3-[babbar]
28. alan ku3-babbar#
29. szitax(|KAK+DISZ|) ku3-babbar#
30. nig2-luh ku3-[babbar]
31. ku3-sig17#
32. ku3-sig17 husz-[a]
33. ku3-sig17 si-sa2#
column 2
  beginning broken
1. ku3-sig17 ussu#-[ta-am3]
2. ku3-sig17 imin-[ta-am3]
3. ku3-sig17 asz3-[ta-am3]
4. ku3-sig17 ia2-[ta-am3]
5. ku3-sig17 limmu-[ta-am3]
6. ku3-sig17 esz5-[ta-am3]
7. ku3-sig17 min-ta-am3
8. tu-di-tum ku3-sig17
9. kam-kam-ma-tum ku3-sig17
10. asz-me ku3-sig17
11. u-gun3 ku3-sig17
12. ubur# u-gun3 ku3-sig17
13. [szu]-gur ku3-sig17
14. [esz-gur] ku3-sig17#
  rest broken
surface b1
  blank space
surface b2
  broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) Lexical; (side 1)(i)25x(ii)34x(side 2)(iii)33 lines. N 5302 contains: Col i traces: [ ]-di [ ]-#e [ ]-x Col ii 114 gi-1/2 ku#//3 115 gi-1/3 ku#//3 116 gi-2/3 ku#//3 117 gi-#en-tab-ba 118 gi-#en-[g]ag-#ibir 119 gi- [ 120 gi-#u//2-[ 121 gi- [)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270) Q000040 View the score

Record

P228033 leadP228033 lead

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P228033

Physical information

Artifact type Prism
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment Fragmented
Prism frag, Lo.part, 2 side preserved, ruled

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Nippur, Babylonian Expedition
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 07844 (+) CBS 07855 (+) N 5302 (+) HS 1796 + HS 1869
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 582867 + 582868 + 582869
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.7844 + CBS.7855 + N.5302 + HS.1796 + HS.1869
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228033
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228033

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
2018-01-09 at 20:57:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:06:58 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, 089 + 191 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228033.
OIP 011, 089 + 191 artifact entry (No. P228033). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228033 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 089 + 191 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228033 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 089 + 191 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228033},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228033},
}


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TI  - OIP 011, 089 + 191 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“OIP 011, 089 + 191 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228033.
OIP 011, 089 + 191 artifact entry (No. P228033). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228033 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 089 + 191 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228033 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 089 + 191 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228033},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228033},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P228033
LB  - CDLI:P228033
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - OIP 011, 089 + 191 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228033
ER  -
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