MSL 12, 030 P' (P228469)

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 5454

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; lexical; OB Proto-Lu; 12x15x16x19 lines)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

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Witness

obverse
column 1
  broken
1'. [sipa-gu4-ab2]-hi#-a#
2'. [sipa]-nim
3'. [sipa]-ansze
4'. [sipa]-szah
5'. sipa#-ud5
6'. sipa-ud5-gi
7'. |KA.HAL|
8'. |KA.HAL|
9'. na-gada
10'. munsub3
11'. unu3(|AB#.KU|)#
12'. unu3(|AB.KU|)#-gal
  broken
column 2
  broken
  traces
2'. masz2?#-[gi6]
3'. masz2-[SAR]
4'. ma-[mu2]
5'. masz2-szu-gid2-gid2#
6'. masz2-da-ri-[a]
7'. mu-[...]
8'. mu-kur2-a-na-bi2#-[esz]
9'. mu-u2-[a]
10'. mu-bala#-[a]
11'. mu-me-li#-[e-a]
12'. mu-im-[ma]
13'. mu-mu-[a]
14'. mu-DU-[a-bi]
15'. mu-sa4#
16'. mu-sa4#
17'. mu-sa4#
  broken
reverse
column 1
1'. gesz3-gesz3!#-[x]
2'. a-ra#-ah#
3'. a-ra#-ah#
4'. a-ra#-ah#
5'. a-ra-ah
6'. dam#
7'. dam#
8'. dam-dam#
9'. dam-gurusz#
10'. nitalam
11'. murub5
12'. mi2-us2-sa2
13'. muru5(|SAL.UD.EDIN|)
14'. uszbar
15'. e2#-gi4-a
16'. dag#-gi4-a
17'. ma?#-[la]
18'. ma?#-[la]
  broken
column 2
  broken
1'. [erin2]-bu#-ra#
2'. [erin2]-gal#-gal#
3'. erin2#-sa#-gi4#-a#
4'. sa#-gi4#-a#
5'. sa#-ab#-gi4#-a#
6'. kusz7
7'. esz-x
8'. kiri4-dab
9'. ad4#
10'. ku5#-ku5#-ra2#
11'. giri3?#-a#-hum#
12'. NAGAR?#-ku5#
13'. |KAxX#|-NAGAR?#-ku5?#
  traces
15'. [x]-ku5#
16'. [x]-ku5#
17'. [DUN3@g]-{d}utu#
18'. szir#-dili
19'. [a-ga]-an-tum3
20'. [giri3]-RI#
  traces
  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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag; 2 cols on each side; left edge
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Lú School; lexical; OB Proto-Lu; 12x15x16x19 lines)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s):

  • primary: MSL 12, 030 P'

    [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 5454
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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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 02:21:06 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

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“MSL 12, 030 P’ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228469.
MSL 12, 030 P’ artifact entry (No. P228469). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228469 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 12, 030 P’ artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228469 (Accessed: May 9, 2025).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 030 {P}' artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228469},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228469},
}


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