CUSAS 12, 6.4.2 G (P228400)

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 5174

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (ED Word List F)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] ki#
2'. iri#-TAG
3'. a-nag
4'. a#? eme ha-mun-na
5'. du6#? egir
6'. x egir#
  rest broken
column 2
1'. MASZ
2'. MASZ nun
3'. MASZ gu4 du7 sikil#?
4'. gi gur7
5'. gi-rin
6'. [gi] hal
  rest broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. x x
2'. alim la2#?
3'. alim KAL
4'. su-din nir
5'. akszak{ki}-a
6'. KA kur
7'. x ki gar
  rest broken
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. ma-ba
2'. ma-dar
3'. HA-A{ki}
4'. hesz5!(LU2)-szi#
5'. hesz5#-[...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. a-na [...]
3'. dub-bi [...]
4'. mes-za-[...]
  erasures before za
5'. a#-na-mu-na
6'. uszusz
7'. uszusz nun
8'. ga-rasz
9'. ki ga-rasz
10'. ki lagar
11'. ki szita3
12'. am x [...]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. u5 zi# x x
2'. ildu2
3'. ildu2 bar-ra
4'. en i3 zu
5'. en edin zu
6'. a de2-um
7'. ebih
8'. [...]-de2
9'. [...] gir17
10'. x gir17
11'. [...] gir17 [...] SZID
  rest broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-ka#
2'. [...]-da
3'. sag egir?
4'. KA egir
5'. sag#-nir
6'. [...] gibil
7'. [...] x
8'. [...] x
9'. ki#? [...]
10'. ki-gu4#-si#
11'. ki# [...]
  rest broken
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. [...] SZID#
2'. [ki] sa12-du5#
3'. ki din x
4'. ki x x
5'. ki da-ab
6'. x sikil
7'. [ki] kul#?-aba4#?
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (ED Word List F)
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 000268 (ED Word List F) composite (P499154) Q000268 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P228400

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag; mid section; 3 cols on each side

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 5174
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 354497
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.5174
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228400
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228400

References

  • primary: CUSAS 12, 6.4.2 G

    [Civil2010CUSAS12] Civil, Miguel. 2010. The Lexical Texts in the Schøyen Collection. Vol. 12. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS). Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-16 at 12:46:55 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
2016-09-09 at 16:05:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View
2016-06-16 at 08:21:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:18:15 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

“CUSAS 12, 6.4.2 G Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228400.
CUSAS 12, 6.4.2 G artifact entry (No. P228400). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228400 (Original work published 2003)
CUSAS 12, 6.4.2 G artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228400 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2024CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {CUSAS 12, 6.4.2 {G} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228400},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228400},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 12, 6.4.2 G Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228400.
CUSAS 12, 6.4.2 G artifact entry (No. P228400). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228400 (Original work published 2003)
CUSAS 12, 6.4.2 G artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228400 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2024CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {CUSAS 12, 6.4.2 {G} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228400},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228400},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P228400
LB  - CDLI:P228400
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - CUSAS 12, 6.4.2 G artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228400
ER  -
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