OIP 011, 238 (P228063)

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 08532

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Lú List of nouns; (Rev)(i)28x(ii)28x(iii)11 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

obverse?
  broken
1'. [gurusz-i3]-zu#
2'. [gesz3]-gu7#
3'. [gesz3]-gu7#
4'. [sag]-KAL#
5'. gar3#
6'. [ud5]-sag#
7'. [ud5]-sag#
8'. [x] sag#
9'. sag#-ur-sag
10'. sag#-ti-rin2
11'. [pi]-li-pi#-li
12'. [kur]-gar-ra
13'. sag#-us2
14'. szu#-gi-na
15'. sag#-kesz2
16'. sag#-kesz2
17'. da#-ga
18'. da#-ga
19'. zu2# kesz2
20'. inim# zu2 kesz2
21'. a2#-ud5
22'. sag#-ud5
23'. sag#-ud5-nu-tuku
24'. [...]-amar
  traces at beginning of line not SAJ
25'. i#-si-isz
26'. i#-si-isz
27'. i#-bi2-za
28'. ku3#-dun#
  broken
column 2
  traces
2'. a#-nu-x
3'. nin
4'. nin9#
5'. nun#
6'. gir15
7'. szul#
8'. mes
9'. gurusz
10'. gurusz#-dili
11'. gurusz#-ASZ
12'. kisal-luh
13'. SAL kisal-luh
14'. ama
15'. ama-iri
16'. amalu(|(GA2xAN).AN.MUSZ3#|)#
17'. amalu(|(GA2xAN).AN.MUSZ3#|)#
18'. ama-lul#
19'. ama-sikil#
20'. ama-[gal]
21'. ama-nita#
22'. ama-ibila(|TUR.USZ|)#
23'. ama-[arhusz]
24'. ama-a-nir#-[ra]
25'. ama-[nam-tag-(ga)]
26'. ama-[ugu]
27'. ama-[gan]
28'. agarin3(|(GA2xAN).DUN3|)#-[na]
29'. ama#-[...]
  broken
column 3
  broken
  traces
2'. nin9-gal#
3'. nin9-ban3-da#
4'. [dumu]
5'. [tur]
6'. TUR x [TUR]
7'. |TUR.TUR|#
8'. di4-di4-[la2]
9'. di4-di4-[la2-hul]
10'. dumu-[nita2]
11'. [dumu-munus]
12'. [dumu-a2-e3-a]
13'. |TUR.DISZ#|
  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):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, from Rev.of 6-col.tablet
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Lú List of nouns; (Rev)(i)28x(ii)28x(iii)11 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 08532
  • 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
2014-11-21 at 10:14:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:08:18 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 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“OIP 011, 238 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228063.
OIP 011, 238 artifact entry (No. P228063). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228063 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 238 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228063 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 238 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228063},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228063},
}


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