AfO 29/30, 031, UM 29-13-741 (P228593)

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 29-13-741

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (lexical; Proto-Kagal; 2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (lexical; Proto-Kagal; 2 lines)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P228593
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P228593

Physical information

lentil

Artifact type	Tablet lentil
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment frag

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 29-13-741
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	565459
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	UM.29-13-741
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P228593

References

primary: AfO 29/30 (pp. 18-45), 031, UM 29-13-741

[Falkowitz1983AfO29/30] Falkowitz, Robert S. 1983-1984. “Round Old Babylonian School Tablets from Nippur.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 29/30: 18–45.
history: AfO 29/30 (pp. 18-45), 31

[Falkowitz1983AfO29/30] Falkowitz, Robert S. 1983-1984. “Round Old Babylonian School Tablets from Nippur.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 29/30: 18–45.

(listed as 29-15-744a)
history: NATN, 575

[Owen1982NATN] Owen, David I. 1982. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum (NATN). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

575 is actually UM 29-13-747

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-12 at 10:16:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 08:05:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-07 at 13:50:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-05 at 18:26:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“AfO 29/30, 031, UM 29-13-741 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228593.

AfO 29/30, 031, UM 29-13-741 artifact entry (No. P228593). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228593 (Original work published 2003)

AfO 29/30, 031, UM 29-13-741 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228593 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {AfO 29/30, 031, {UM} 29-13-741 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228593},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228593},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“AfO 29/30, 031, UM 29-13-741 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228593.

AfO 29/30, 031, UM 29-13-741 artifact entry (No. P228593). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228593 (Original work published 2003)

AfO 29/30, 031, UM 29-13-741 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228593 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {AfO 29/30, 031, {UM} 29-13-741 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228593},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228593},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - AfO 29/30, 031, UM 29-13-741 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228593
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