MSL 07, 178 V17 (P228060)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 08521

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, Syllabary with word...(??) studied in various relations; (Obv)5x(Rev)2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  CBS 08521 = MSL 07: 178 = V17
tablet
obverse
1. {gi#}pisan
2. {gi#}pisan szu
3. {gi}pisan ninda
4. {gi}pisan ninda sag10
5. {gi}pisan ku3
  rest of column broken
reverse
  n lines missing
1. {gi#}[pisan] szag4# [ra-ah]
2. {gi}pisan igi-du8
  rest of column blank

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, Syllabary with word...(??) studied in various relations; (Obv)5x(Rev)2 lines)
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

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P228060

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag, U.part

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 08521
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 583303
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.8521
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228060
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228060

References

  • primary: MSL 7, 178 V17

    [Civil1959MSL7] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1959. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets VIII-XII. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 7. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 02:08:09 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

“MSL 07, 178 V17 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228060.
MSL 07, 178 V17 artifact entry (No. P228060). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228060 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 07, 178 V17 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228060 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 07, 178 {V17} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228060},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228060},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 07, 178 V17 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228060.
MSL 07, 178 V17 artifact entry (No. P228060). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228060 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 07, 178 V17 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228060 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 07, 178 {V17} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228060},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228060},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228060
LB  - CDLI:P228060
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - MSL 07, 178 V17 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228060
ER  -
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