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EEN 312, N 0673 (P228082)

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

N 0673

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: Not preserved School text; lexical with gish; Hh V?; 5 lines. Probably the obverse of a type II tablet. To the right of the preserved column there is a small piece of a second column preserved with GI$ signs. The surface of this piece seems to be somewhat lower than th)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

obverse
column 1
1. [...]-da#
2. [illar]
3. gesz illar-szub
4. gesz illar-e-ba-an
5. gesz illar-DU-DU#

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: Tablet chip; left edge
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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: Not preserved School text; lexical with gish; Hh V?; 5 lines. Probably the obverse of a type II tablet. To the right of the preserved column there is a small piece of a second column preserved with GI$ signs. The surface of this piece seems to be somewhat lower than th)
This text is a school text.
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 312, N 673

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: N 0673
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2008-05-26 at 02:09:29	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (569433) (569433)
Electronic Babylonian Library (N.673) (N.673)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P228082) (P228082)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P228082) (P228082)

Composites

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

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

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Cite this Artifacts

“EEN 312, N 0673 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228082.

EEN 312, N 0673 artifact entry (No. P228082). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228082 (Original work published 2003)

EEN 312, N 0673 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228082 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 312, {N} 0673 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228082},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228082},
}

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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“EEN 312, N 0673 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228082.

EEN 312, N 0673 artifact entry (No. P228082). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228082 (Original work published 2003)

EEN 312, N 0673 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228082 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).

@misc{2023EEN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 312, {N} 0673 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228082},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228082},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228082
LB  - CDLI:P228082
M1  - 2026/1/22/
TI  - EEN 312, N 0673 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228082
ER  -