MSL 12, 030 I' (P228641)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-15-451

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 Lú School exercise; OB Proto-Lu; 18 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

obverse?
column 1
  broken
  traces
  broken
column 2
  broken
1'. [nin9]-gal#
2'. [nin9]-ban3?#-da?#
3'. [...] dumu
4'. [...] tur
5'. |TUR#.TUR|
6'. |TUR.TUR|
7'. di4#-di4#-la2#
8'. [di4]-di4#-la2#-hul2#
9'. dumu#-nita2#
10'. ibila(|TUR.USZ?|)#
  broken
column 3
  broken
1'. [emeda]-ga#-[la2]
2'. [sal]-la
3'. u2#-sal
4'. u2#-sal
5'. szu#-sal
6'. szu#-sal
7'. |EDIN.DAG#|
8'. |EDIN.BUR2#|
9'. edin#-lil2#-la2#
10'. sag#-|HIxASZ2|#
11'. ama#-erin2-na#
12'. im#-ri-a
13'. za3#-bar#
14'. ildu2#
  broken
column 4
  traces
1'. ha#-za#-nu-um#
2'. szagina
3'. szagina-erin2
4'. szagina-erin2-sa-gi4-a
5'. szagina-e2-gal
6'. szagina-sza3#-e2?#-a?#
7'. szagina-erin2-x-x
  traces do not fit e2-gal
8'. nu-banda3
9'. nu-banda3-gu4
10'. sza3-gu4
11'. sza3#-gu4#-zi#-ga#
12'. a2#-gu4
13'. gu4#-DU#
  or da#-us2#
14'. gu4#-da#-ri-a
15'. gu4#-a#-na#-an#-DU#
  broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet chip, rev
  • Join Information:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Lú School exercise; OB Proto-Lu; 18 lines)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: MSL 12, 030 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.

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  • Museum No.: UM 29-15-451
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-06-16 at 08:21:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-29 at 07:51:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:28:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) View the score
Historiae 22: 18 (P566681) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“MSL 12, 030 I’ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228641.
MSL 12, 030 I’ artifact entry (No. P228641). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228641 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 12, 030 I’ artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228641 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 030 {I}' artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228641},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228641},
}

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