MSL 14, 024 Ge (P228393)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 5158

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-Ea School; obv: 5x7 lines; Proto-Diri; rev: 10x14 lines; Proto-Ea)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (Obv: P-Diri; Rev: P-Ea School; obv: 5x7 lines; Proto-Diri; rev: 10x14 lines; Proto-Ea) School text
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P228393
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P228393

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment Tablet frag; low edge; 2 cols on each side

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	N 5158
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	573708
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.5158
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P228393
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P228393

References

primary: MSL 14, 024 Ge

[Civil1979MSL14] Civil, Miguel. 1979. Ea A = Naqu, Aa A = Naqu, with Their Forerunners and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 14.
history: MSL 15, 15, 011 U1

[Civil2004MSL15] Civil, Miguel. 2004. The Series DIRI = (w)Atru. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 15. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.
history: MC 25, 458

[Lambert2021MC25] Lambert, Wilfred G. 2021. Cuneiform Texts from the Folios of W. G. Lambert, Part Two. Edited by Andrew R. George and Junko Taniguchi. Mesopotamian Civilizations 25. University Park, PA : Penn State University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-01-26 at 15:05:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 14, 024 Ge Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P228393.

MSL 14, 024 Ge artifact entry (No. P228393). (2025, January 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228393 (Original work published 2003)

MSL 14, 024 Ge artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228393 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 26},
	title = {MSL 14, 024 {Ge} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228393},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228393},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 14, 024 Ge Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P228393.

MSL 14, 024 Ge artifact entry (No. P228393). (2025, January 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228393 (Original work published 2003)

MSL 14, 024 Ge artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228393 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

@misc{2025MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 26},
	title = {MSL 14, 024 {Ge} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228393},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228393},
}

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DA  - 2025/1/26/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P228393
LB  - CDLI:P228393
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - MSL 14, 024 Ge artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228393
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