N 2469 (P228140)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 2469

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Lexical; 10 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
(uncertain if this is the obverse)
beginning missing
1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. [...] {gesz}banszur za3-gu2-[la2 ...]
3'. [...] {gesz}TUR-x [...]
4'. [...] {gesz}muru5-za-nu-[um ...]
5'. [...] in#-na-an-[...]
6'. [...] u4 ti-la-ni-sze3#? [...]
7'. [...] igi#?-ni-sze3 i3-x-[...]
8'. [...] u4# kur2-sze3 ibila x-[...]
9'. [...] x-ni-sze3 [...]
10'. [...] x x [...]
rest missing
reverse
(uncertain if this is the reverse)
broken

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (Lexical; 10 lines)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P228140
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P228140

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment Tablet chip, center

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	N 2469
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	571005
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.2469
Old Babylonian Model Contracts (OBMC)	P228140
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P228140

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 18:47:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		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
2014-05-05 at 08:49:34	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

Cite this Artifacts

“N 2469 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228140.

N 2469 artifact entry (No. P228140). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228140 (Original work published 2003)

N 2469 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228140 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 2469 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228140},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228140},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228140
LB  - CDLI:P228140
M1  - 2026/4/16/
TI  - N 2469 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228140
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“N 2469 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228140.

N 2469 artifact entry (No. P228140). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228140 (Original work published 2003)

N 2469 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228140 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 2469 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228140},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228140},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228140
LB  - CDLI:P228140
M1  - 2026/4/16/
TI  - N 2469 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228140
ER  -