MSL 07, 179 V25 (P228343)

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 4807

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Nigga; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) Nig-ga; rev forerunner Hh VIII-IX; 2x3 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  N 4807= MSL 07: 179 = V25
tablet
  obverse Nig-ga
reverse
column 1
  1 line broken
2. {gi}[...]
3. {gi}[...]
  rest of column broken
column 2
1. {gi}hal
2. {gi}hal-zi-ig
3. {gi}hal ku6
  1 line traces
  rest of column broken
column 3
  n lines missing
1. {gi}u3-[szub]
2. {gi}henbur(KAK)
3. gi-LUGAL
4. {dug}lahtan2(|NUNUZ.AB2x[KAK]|)#
5. {dug#}lahtan2(|NUNUZ#.AB2xKAK|)# gid2-da
6. {dug#}[dur2 lahtan2]
7. {dug#}[dur2 lahtan2]
  rest of column broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Nigga; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) Nig-ga; rev forerunner Hh VIII-IX; 2x3 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270) Q000040 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P228343

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag, lower left corner

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 4807
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 573415
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.4807
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228343
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228343

References

  • primary: MSL 7, 179 V25

    [Civil1959MSL7] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1959. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets VIII-XII. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 7. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

  • history: MSL 13, 093 O

    [Civil1971MSL13] Civil, Miguel, and Erica Reiner. 1971. Izi = Išātu, Ká-Gal = Abullu, and Níg-Ga = Makkūru. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 13.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-05 at 09:33:17 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
2008-05-26 at 02:15:07 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 07, 179 V25 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228343.
MSL 07, 179 V25 artifact entry (No. P228343). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228343 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 07, 179 V25 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228343 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {MSL 07, 179 {V25} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228343},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228343},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/5/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P228343
LB  - CDLI:P228343
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - MSL 07, 179 V25 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228343
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 07, 179 V25 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228343.
MSL 07, 179 V25 artifact entry (No. P228343). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228343 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 07, 179 V25 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228343 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {MSL 07, 179 {V25} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228343},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228343},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/5/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P228343
LB  - CDLI:P228343
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - MSL 07, 179 V25 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228343
ER  -
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