EEN 297, CBS 09847+ (P228068)

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 09847 + CBS 12516 + CBS 12744

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Obv. signs and their compositins, Rev. Sumerian Words; (Obv)(i)damaged(ii)15x(iii)12x(iv)9x(Rev)(v)6 lines. Obv. OB P-Lu//2 746 [u//3]-tu 747 u//3-nu-tu 748 u//3-U$-gig-bi/ga-dug//4-ga (var. B'' bi//2-dug//4-ga!) 748a gi#//3-zi-zi 748b a-)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Witness

Text

obverse
1. [u3]-tu
2. u3#-nu-tu
3. |IGI.DIB| gesz3-gig#-bi-du11-ga
4. gesz3-zi-zi
5. a-ra#-ah#
6. [a]-ra-ah
7. [a]-ra-ah
8. dam#
9. dam#
10. dam#-dam#
11. dam#-gurusz#
reverse
column 1
1. gesz taszkarin#
2. gesz esi
3. gesz nu11
4. gesz ha-lu-ub2
5. gesz sza3-kal
6. gesz kin2
7. gesz gi6
8. gesz gesztin
9. gesz gesztin-kir4
10. gesz gesztin-ka5#-a
11. gesz gesztin-[...]
12. gesz [...]
13. gesz#
column 2
1. [...] lam
2. gesz# LAM
3. gesz u3-suh5
4. gesz sze-u3-suh5
5. gesz bir-la-GAM-e
6. gesz szim-gig
7. gesz szennur
8. gesz lam-gal
9. gesz lam-tur
10. gesz al-la-nu-um
11. gesz ildag2
12. gesz ildag2#-kur#-ra#
13. gesz ildag2#-[...]
19. gesz [...]
20. gesz#
21. gesz#
  1 line missing
column 3
  2 lines missing
3. gesz [...]
4. gesz KID#-da#
5. gesz KID-da-zil-la2
6. gesz mes
7. gesz mes-ma2#-gan#-na
8. gesz mes#-me-luh#-ha#
9. gesz erin#
10. gesz szu#-ur2-min3
11. gesz za-ba-lum
12. gesz# e-la#-ma-kum
13. gesz# gi#-ri2-lum
14. [...] gi#-rim
15. [...]-um#
17. gesz#
18. gesz ri2-a-[...]
19. gesz ur-zi-nu#-[...]
20. gesz isimu2
21. gesz nimbar
22. gesz nimbar-tur#
column 4
11. [...] sza3#-nimbar#
12. [...] suhur#-nimbar#
13. [...] ama#-nimbar
14. [...] KU-kiri6-nimbar
15. [...]-nimbar#
19. [...] dalla2-nimbar
20. gesz# mud-nimbar
21. [...] ze2#-na-nimbar
22. [...] zu2-nimbar
23. [...] TUG2-nimbar
24. [...] el#-la2-nimbar
25. [...] nimbar#

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Obv. signs and their compositins, Rev. Sumerian Words; (Obv)(i)damaged(ii)15x(iii)12x(iv)9x(Rev)(v)6 lines. Obv. OB P-Lu//2 746 [u//3]-tu 747 u//3-nu-tu 748 u//3-U$-gig-bi/ga-dug//4-ga (var. B'' bi//2-dug//4-ga!) 748a gi#//3-zi-zi 748b a-)
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 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) Q000039 View the score

Record

P228068 leadP228068 lead

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P228068

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment Fragmented
Tablet frag, large

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Nippur II, W. side of Shatt en-Nil
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 09847 + CBS 12516 + CBS 12744
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 584402 + 584403 + 584401
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.9847 + CBS.12516 + CBS.12744
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228068
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228068

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
2008-05-26 at 02:08:45 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 Artifact

“EEN 297, CBS 09847+ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228068.
EEN 297, CBS 09847+ artifact entry (No. P228068). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228068 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 297, CBS 09847+ artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228068 (Accessed: July 16, 2026).
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	title = {EEN 297, {CBS} 09847+ artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228068},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228068},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“EEN 297, CBS 09847+ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228068.
EEN 297, CBS 09847+ artifact entry (No. P228068). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228068 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 297, CBS 09847+ artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228068 (Accessed: July 16, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {EEN 297, {CBS} 09847+ artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228068},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228068},
}


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