EEN 310, UM 29-15-314+ (P228624)

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 29-15-314 + UM 29-15-320

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_ School exercise; personal names; gish?; 13x0x15x19x11x0 lines. Obv. has plants, SAR section (does not correspond to any other version!): gi#-ma# SAR gi#-ma#-gur//2 SAR nu-luh-ha SAR gi#-nu-luh-ha SAR (some items undeciphered) nu-me-ir-kaskal SAR)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Witness

Text

reverse
column 1
  2 lines missing
3. gesz nu11#
4. gesz ha#-[...]
5. gesz sza3#-[...]
6. gesz kin2#
7. gesz gi6#
8. gesz gesztin#
9. gesz gesztin#-[...]
10. gesz gesztin-ka5-[...]
11. gesz gesztin-ma
12. gesz pesz3
13. gesz haszhur
14. gesz haszhur#-kur-ra
15. gesz sze-du10
16. gesz sze-nu
17. gesz sze-sze
18. gesz szinig#
19. gesz [...]
20. gesz [...]
column 2
1. gesz szar4(NE)-sza4#-[...]
2. gesz MES-szarx(NE)-sza4-bid3
3. gesz lam
4. gesz LAM
5. gesz u3-suh5#
6. [...]-u3-suh5
7. gesz bir#-GAM-[...]-e
8. gesz szim#-gig#
9. gesz szennur#
10. gesz lam#-gal
11. gesz lam#-tur#
  9 lines illegible
21. gesz [...]
22. gesz ma-nu
23. gesz ma-nu-szu-[...] AK
24. gesz ma-nu-X [...] AK
  1 line illegible
column 3
1. gesz KID-da
2. gesz KID-da
3. gesz KID-[...]-la2
4. gesz mes
5. gesz mes-ma2-gan-[...]
6. gesz [...]-ha
7. gesz# erin
8. gesz szu#-ur2#-[...]
9. gesz za-ba-[...]
10. gesz e-[...]

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_ School exercise; personal names; gish?; 13x0x15x19x11x0 lines. Obv. has plants, SAR section (does not correspond to any other version!): gi#-ma# SAR gi#-ma#-gur//2 SAR nu-luh-ha SAR gi#-nu-luh-ha SAR (some items undeciphered) nu-me-ir-kaskal SAR) 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):

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) Q000039 View the score

Record

P228624 leadP228624 lead

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P228624

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation Fragmented
Tablet, obv 2 cols, rev 4 cols

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 29-15-314 + UM 29-15-320
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 566809 + 566808
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-15-314 + UM.29-15-320
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228624
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228624

References

  • primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 310, UM 29-15-314+

    [Veldhuis1997EEN] Veldhuis, Niek. 1997. “Elementary Education at Nippur. The Lists of Trees and Wooden Objects.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

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 02:27:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“EEN 310, UM 29-15-314+ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228624.
EEN 310, UM 29-15-314+ artifact entry (No. P228624). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228624 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 310, UM 29-15-314+ artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228624 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
@misc{2023EEN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 310, {UM} 29-15-314+ artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228624},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228624},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228624
LB  - CDLI:P228624
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - EEN 310, UM 29-15-314+ artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228624
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“EEN 310, UM 29-15-314+ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228624.
EEN 310, UM 29-15-314+ artifact entry (No. P228624). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228624 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 310, UM 29-15-314+ artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228624 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
@misc{2023EEN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 310, {UM} 29-15-314+ artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228624},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228624},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228624
LB  - CDLI:P228624
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - EEN 310, UM 29-15-314+ artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228624
ER  -
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