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OIP 011, 157 (P228049)

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 08063

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) List of woods; (Obv)(i)10x(Rev)(ii)10x(iii)7 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

obverse
column 1
1'. [...] mud#-gigir#
2'. gesz gag-mud-gigir
3'. gesz umbin-gigir
4'. gesz gag-umbin-gigir
5'. gesz szudul4-gigir
6'. gesz gag-szudul4-gigir#
7'. gesz GUR-[...]
8'. gesz# gaba-[...]
9'. [...] gaba-gal2-[...]
traces
reverse
column 1
1 column traces
column 2
1'. [...] mes#
2'. [...] mes#-ma2#-[...]
3'. gesz# mes-me-luh-ha
4'. gesz mes-alan
5'. gesz mes-tu
6'. gesz mes-ki-en-gi-ra
7f'. gesz mes-SAR-ha-lu-ub-GISZ-har-an-na
9'. gesz mes-gi6
10'. gesz erin
column 3
1'. gesz# nimbar#
2'. gesz nimbar#
3'. gesz nimbar#
4'. gesz nimbar-[...]
5'. gesz nimbar-KA-[...]
6'. gesz BU-ga-[...]
7'. gesz sza3-bu-[...]

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)

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: Tablet frag, LE.,SLT mistakenly says Obv.destroyed
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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) List of woods; (Obv)(i)10x(Rev)(ii)10x(iii)7 lines)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: OIP 11, 157

[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: Veldhuis EEN, p. 296

[Veldhuis1997EEN] Veldhuis, Niek. 1997. “Elementary Education at Nippur. The Lists of Trees and Wooden Objects.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: CBS 08063
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2008-05-26 at 02:07:26	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	approved

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Composites

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Composite	Score
CDLI Lexical 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269)	View the score

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“OIP 011, 157 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228049.

OIP 011, 157 artifact entry (No. P228049). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228049 (Original work published 2003)

OIP 011, 157 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228049 (Accessed: May 10, 2025).

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	month = {jul 22},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228049},
}

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