MSL 08/1, 082 V60 (P228350)

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 5039 + N 5059

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) School; obv: 16 lines; Nippur Forerunner to Hh XIII (amar); rev: 18x14x7 lines; list of woods)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has fragments Witness

reverse
column 1
  7 lines traces
column 2
  6 lines illegible
7'. gesz nimbar-al-usz2#
8'. gesz nimbar-al-ug5-ga#
9'. gesz sza3-nimbar
10'. gesz suhur-nimbar
11'. gesz ama-nimbar
12'. gesz kiri6-nimbar#
13'. gesz pa-nimbar
14'. gesz pa-ku5-nimbar
column 3
  traces of 1 line
2'. [...] ki#-ta-[...]
3'. [...]-ri-ri-nimbar
4'. [...]-nimbar
5'. [...]-ga2#-nimbar
6'. [...]-nimbar
7'. [...] pesz#-murgu-nimbar
8'. gesz pesz-banda3-nimbar
9'. gesz asal2
10'. gesz asal2-kur#
11'. gesz asal2
12'. gesz NE-lum#?
13'. gesz alan-nu
14'. gesz |U2.GIR2|
15'. gesz kiszi16
16'. gesz kiszi16-har
17'. gesz kiszi16-har-kur-ra
18'. gesz# szu-KAL
19'. [...]

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
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag; up left corner; 3 cols on rev
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) School; obv: 16 lines; Nippur Forerunner to Hh XIII (amar); rev: 18x14x7 lines; list of woods)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MSL 8/1, 082 V60

    [Landsberger1960MSL8/1] Landsberger, Benno. 1960. The Fauna of Ancient Mesopotamia (Part 1). Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon.

  • history: Veldhuis EEN, p. 317

    [Veldhuis1997EEN] Veldhuis, Niek. 1997. “Elementary Education at Nippur. The Lists of Trees and Wooden Objects.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

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  • Museum No.: N 5039 + N 5059
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 09:14:23 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2015-06-15 at 19:46:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-06-15 at 19:44:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:15:49 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 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

P228350 leadP228350 lead

Cite this Artifact
“MSL 08/1, 082 V60 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228350.
MSL 08/1, 082 V60 artifact entry (No. P228350). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228350 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 08/1, 082 V60 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228350 (Accessed: May 14, 2025).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 08/1, 082 {V60} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228350},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228350},
}


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