MSL 12, 029 I (P228579)

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

UM 29-13-540

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 OB Proto-Lu2; 13x12 lines. One col. tablet. Rev. P-Lu2 (type III tablet). Rev. identified by Jon Taylor ra-bi-a-nu-um ra-bi-a-nu-um mar-tu etc.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

obverse
1. lu2#
2. lugal#
3. nam-dumu-na
4. sukkal#
5. sukkal#-mah
6. sukkal-sza3-e2-a
7. sukkal#-i3-du8
8. sukkal-kasz4#
9. sukkal-lu2-kasz4
10. sukkal-mar-tu
11. sukkal-ensi2(|PA.TE#.SI|)
12. sukkal-sanga
13. zabar-dab5
14. |GAL.UD|#-unken-[na]
  broken
reverse
  broken
1'. qa2#-nu#-um# [a2]-gub3#-[bu]
2'. ra#-bi#-a-nu-um
3'. ra#-bi#-a-nu-um mar-tu
4'. ra#-gaba
5'. ra#-gaba-ki-bad-ra2
6'. sza13#-dub#-ba#
7'. sza13#-dub-ba GAN2-tusz-a
8'. gu2#-en#-na
9'. ensi2(|PA#.TE.SI|)#
10'. sanga
11'. um#-mi-a
12'. [sza3]-tam#

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Lú OB Proto-Lu2; 13x12 lines. One col. tablet. Rev. P-Lu2 (type III tablet). Rev. identified by Jon Taylor ra-bi-a-nu-um ra-bi-a-nu-um mar-tu etc.)
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 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) Q000047 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P228579

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag, upper 1/2

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 29-13-540
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 565274
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-13-540
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228579
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228579

References

  • primary: MSL 12, 029 I

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 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
2008-05-26 at 02:26:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 12, 029 I Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228579.
MSL 12, 029 I artifact entry (No. P228579). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228579 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 12, 029 I artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228579 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 029 {I} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228579},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228579},
}


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M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - MSL 12, 029 I artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 12, 029 I Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228579.
MSL 12, 029 I artifact entry (No. P228579). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228579 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 12, 029 I artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228579 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 029 {I} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228579},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228579},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228579
LB  - CDLI:P228579
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - MSL 12, 029 I artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228579
ER  -
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