N 4618 (P228293)

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 4618

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: Not preserved Forerunner to Hh XI; 4x5 lines. ku#-har-la//2-la//2 etc. (line 57).)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  N 4618
tablet
  reverse broken
obverse
column 1
  n lines missing
  2 lines traces
3. [...]
4. [...] UB
5. [...] HI LAL
6. [...] x-RI
7. [...] x-um
  rest of column broken
column 2
  n lines missing
1. [{kusz}]har# la2-la2#
2. {kusz#}murub4# la2-la2#
3. {kusz#}a#-ga2-[la2]
4. {kusz}ummu3(|A#.EDIN#.[NA]|)#
5. {kusz#}UB [...]
6. {kusz}[lu-ub2 {dug}sumun2]
  rest of column 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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet chip, center, 2 cols
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: Not preserved Forerunner to Hh XI; 4x5 lines. ku#-har-la//2-la//2 etc. (line 57).)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 4618
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2008-05-26 at 02:13:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“N 4618 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228293.
N 4618 artifact entry (No. P228293). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228293 (Original work published 2003)
N 4618 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228293 (Accessed: May 23, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 4618 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228293},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228293},
}


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