MSL 02, 89a (P228541)

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

UM 29-13-140

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: P-Ea Proto-Ea)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (Obv: P-Ea Proto-Ea)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P228541
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P228541

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	UM 29-13-140
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	564896
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	UM.29-13-140
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P228541
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P228541

References

primary: MSL 02, 89a

[Landsberger1951MSL2] Landsberger, Benno. 1951. Ur-e-a = Nâqu. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 2. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.
history: MSL 14, p. 27 Jp

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-02 at 09:16:24	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 Artifacts

“MSL 02, 89a Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228541.

MSL 02, 89a artifact entry (No. P228541). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228541 (Original work published 2003)

MSL 02, 89a artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228541 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 02, 89a artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228541},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228541},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 02, 89a Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228541.

MSL 02, 89a artifact entry (No. P228541). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228541 (Original work published 2003)

MSL 02, 89a artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228541 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 02, 89a artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228541},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228541},
}

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DA  - 2024/9/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P228541
LB  - CDLI:P228541
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - MSL 02, 89a artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228541
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