MSL 12, 030 S' (P228396)

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 5169

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Lú School; 11x11xl0x10 lines; Proto-Lu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

obverse
column 1'
1'. [...]-la2
2'. [...]-la2
3'. [...]-la2
4'. [sza3-tu9]-ba-la2
5'. bur{ur2#}
6'. bur{ur2#}-gal
7'. [...]-gal
8'. [bur]-sag
9'. [bur]-gi4
10'. [DIN]-gi4#
  broken
column 2'
  broken
1'. alan?#-[x]
2'. u4-da-[tusz]
3'. a-u3-[a]
4'. asz-ta-lu2
5'. szir3
6'. sir3-ku3
7'. szir3-ha-mun
8'. szir3-nam-x-ra?
9'. szir3-nam-szub
10'. szir3-nam#-erim2#-ma
11'. szir3-nam-x-x
12'. szir3#-nam#-[...]
13'. szir3#-[...]
  broken
reverse
column 1
  broken
1'. x-[...]
2'. ad-sza4?#
3'. ad#-sza4#-[sza4]
4'. bar-su3
5'. gesz-gi4-gal
6'. x-ga?
7'. BAD te?-el-im DU
8'. ma-al-ga-tum
9'. a-ra2#-hi
10'. bala-bala-e
11'. za-am-za-am#
12'. kun-gar
13'. ki?#-[x]
14'. ki-ru-gu2
15'. x-x
  broken
column 2
  broken
1'. [nar-igi]-lugal#
  traces
3'. [nar-igi]-suhur#-la2#
4'. [nar-inim]-bala-bala
5'. [nar]-gu3#-du10-ga
6'. [nar]-gu3#-nu#-[du10]-ga#
7'. [nar]-ze2#-za
8'. [nar]-hal-la-tusz-a
9'. [nar]-pad3#-da
10'. [nar]-kesz2#-da
11'. musz#-lah5
12'. gala(|USZ.KU|)#
  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
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag; right edge; 2 cols on each side
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Lú School; 11x11xl0x10 lines; Proto-Lu)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MSL 12, 030 S'

    [Landsberger1969MSL12] Landsberger, Benno, Erica Reiner, and Marcel Sigrist. 1969. A Reconstruction of Sumerian and Akkadian Lexical Lists. Materials for Sumerian Lexicon 12. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

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  • Museum No.: N 5169
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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 02:17:58 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 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) View the score
Historiae 22: 18 (P566681) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“MSL 12, 030 S’ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228396.
MSL 12, 030 S’ artifact entry (No. P228396). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228396 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 12, 030 S’ artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228396 (Accessed: May 23, 2025).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 030 {S}' artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228396},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228396},
}


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