MSL 10, 120 H (P228468)

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 5452

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_ School; lexical; obv: Forerunner to Hh XVII; 8 lines; rev: Forerunner to Hh III; 5 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  N 5452
obverse
column 1
1. {u2}szim
2. {u2}sag-kesz2
3. {u2}du6-x#
4. {u2#}x#
5. {u2#}ama-[ni]
6. {u2#}dumu-ni#
7. {u2#}nig2-ama-ni
8. [{u2}]nig2-u2-[...]
reverse
column 1
  4 lines traces
column 2
1'. gesz nimbar-sig7#-[...] al-szeg6-ga2
2'. gesz# sza3-nimbar
3'. gesz# suhur-nimbar
4'. gesz ama-nimbar

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; up side
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_ School; lexical; obv: Forerunner to Hh XVII; 8 lines; rev: Forerunner to Hh III; 5 lines)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MSL 10, 120 H

    [Landsberger1970MSL10] Reiner, Erica, and Benno Landsberger. 1970. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets XVI, XVII, XIX and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 10. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

  • history: Veldhuis EEN, p. 316

    [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 5452
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 09:21:20 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
2008-05-26 at 02:20:58 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 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“MSL 10, 120 H Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228468.
MSL 10, 120 H artifact entry (No. P228468). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228468 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 10, 120 H artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228468 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 10, 120 {H} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228468},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228468},
}


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