EEN 320, UM 29-15-645 (P228665)

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 29-15-645

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 Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) School exercise; Forerunner Hh?: obv words ending in la2, rev -- gis; 9x15x17x11x10 lines. Obv. LU//2, including 553b; 556 and 557 (end of exercise). Preceding lines all end in la//2; unidentified.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

obverse
1'. [kusz]-la2#
2'. [kusz]-la2
3'. [kusz]-la2
4'. [kusz]-la2
5'. [si]-il#-la2
6'. [si]-il#-la2
7'. [gada]-la2
8'. [sza3]-gada#-la2
9'. [sza3-tu9]-ba7(BAR)-la2
10'. [bur] x ur2
reverse
column 1
  n lines broken
1'. [...]-a
2'. [...]-ma
  1 line broken
  broken
5'. [...] haszhur-[...]
column 2
1. gesz ab?-[...]-ha
2. gesz gi6-par4
3. gesz nu-ma
4. gesz nu-ma-gibil2-a-AK
5. gesz IGI-ma-szu-a-AK
6. gesz nu-ur2#-[...]
7. gesz KID-da
8. gesz KID-da
9. gesz KID-da-zil-la?
10. gesz mes#
11. gesz mes#
12. gesz [...]
13. gesz x [...]
14. gesz x [...]
15. gesz [...]
16. gesz [...]
column 3
  8 lines illegible
9. gesz sza3-nimbar
10. gesz suhur-nimbar
11. gesz USZ-nimbar
12. gesz KU-nimbar
13. gesz pa-nimbar
14. gesz pa-ku5-nimbar
15. gesz dalla2-[...]
16. gesz [...]
17. gesz#
column 4
1'. [...] kiszi16#-har
2'. [...] kiszi16-har-kur
3'. [...]-ma-na2
4'. [...] sa#-ma-zum#
5'. [...] pesz7-[...]
6'. gesz szu-KAL
7'. gesz szu-dib-e
8'. gesz# szu-EREN
  traces

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 frag, lower left corner, rev 4 cols
  • Join Information:
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) School exercise; Forerunner Hh?: obv words ending in la2, rev -- gis; 9x15x17x11x10 lines. Obv. LU//2, including 553b; 556 and 557 (end of exercise). Preceding lines all end in la//2; unidentified.)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 320, UM 29-15-645

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

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  • Museum No.: UM 29-15-645
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
2008-05-26 at 02:29:11 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

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

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

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Cite this Artifact
“EEN 320, UM 29-15-645 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228665.
EEN 320, UM 29-15-645 artifact entry (No. P228665). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228665 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 320, UM 29-15-645 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228665 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).
@misc{2023EEN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 320, {UM} 29-15-645 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228665},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228665},
}


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