UM 29-13-810 (P228594)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-13-810

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School exercise; Hh XIII?; ?x9x10x17 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
reverse
column 2
9. musz#
10. [...] husz
column 3
1. [...]-mah
2. [...]-nig#
3. [...]-bar-ra
4. [...]-gi7
5. [...]-ki
6. [...]-tur
7. [...]-dib
8. [...]-szub5#

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School exercise; Hh XIII?; ?x9x10x17 lines) School text
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Composites

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P228594

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag, up rt corner, obv 1 cols, rev 3 cols

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 29-13-810
Accession Number

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 02:26:26 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

“UM 29-13-810 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228594.
UM 29-13-810 artifact entry (No. P228594). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228594 (Original work published 2003)
UM 29-13-810 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228594 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 29-13-810 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228594},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228594},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“UM 29-13-810 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228594.
UM 29-13-810 artifact entry (No. P228594). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228594 (Original work published 2003)
UM 29-13-810 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228594 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
@misc{2023UM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 29-13-810 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228594},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228594},
}

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DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228594
LB  - CDLI:P228594
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - UM 29-13-810 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228594
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