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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

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Chemical Data

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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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: Tablet chip, center
Join Information:
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Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: N 2469
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

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

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2014-05-05 at 08:49:34	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (571005) (571005)
Electronic Babylonian Library (N.2469) (N.2469)
Old Babylonian Model Contracts (P228140) (P228140)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P228140) (P228140)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“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: January 1, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 2469 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228140},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228140},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“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: January 1, 2026).

@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 2469 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228140},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228140},
}

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DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228140
LB  - CDLI:P228140
M1  - 2026/1/1/
TI  - N 2469 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228140
ER  -