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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

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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

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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

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 frag, upper end
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MSL 15, 15, 009 U

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: N 4014
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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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
2024-07-16 at 12:45:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2017-11-02 at 08:51:41	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 (572490) (572490)
Electronic Babylonian Library (N.4014) (N.4014)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P228213) (P228213)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P228213) (P228213)

Notes

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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: February 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	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: February 2, 2026).

@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	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  - 2026/2/2/
TI  - MSL 15, 009 U artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228213
ER  -