MSL 15, 009 U (P228213)

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

N 4014

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: P-Diri; Rev: P-Diri Proto Diri; 8x2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. # agrig ~ [|IGI.DUB|] = %a a-ba-ra-ak-kum
 en: steward
2. # agrig " [ag]-ri#-ig = %a ag2-ri-iq-qu3-um
 en: steward
3. # imhur4 ~ |IGI.A| = %a hu-ur-hu-ma-at me-e
 en: foam on water
4. # imhur2 ~ |IGI.BI| = %a hu-ur-hu-ma-at KASZ
 en: foam on beer
5. # halib ~ |IGI.KUR| = %a ir-ka-la
 en: Netherworld
6. # ganzer ~ |IGI.KUR.ZA| = %a da-ni-na#
 en: the nether world
7. # ganzer3 " ga-an-ze2-er = %a ka-ni-sur-ru#
 en: Netherworld
8. # ganzer3 = %a ba-ab er#-[s,e-tim]
 en: gate to the nether world
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. # gurum2 " gu-ru-um ~ |IGI.X| = %a pi-qi3?-[it-tum]
 en: inspection
  very little preserved; line needs collation
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: P-Diri; Rev: P-Diri Proto Diri; 8x2 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P228213

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag, upper end

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 4014
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 572490
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.4014
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228213
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228213

References

  • primary: MSL 15, 15, 009 U

    [Civil2004MSL15] Civil, Miguel. 2004. The Series DIRI = (w)Atru. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 15. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-16 at 12:45:00 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
2017-11-02 at 08:51:41 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 Artifacts

“MSL 15, 009 U Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228213.
MSL 15, 009 U artifact entry (No. P228213). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228213 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 15, 009 U artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228213 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {MSL 15, 009 {U} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228213},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228213},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 15, 009 U Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228213.
MSL 15, 009 U artifact entry (No. P228213). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228213 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 15, 009 U artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228213 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {MSL 15, 009 {U} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228213},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228213},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P228213
LB  - CDLI:P228213
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - MSL 15, 009 U artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228213
ER  -
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