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MSL 12, 031 Q'' (P228689)

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 29-15-938

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 Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School exercise; OB Proto-Lu; rev Forerunner Hh XIII; 5x6 lines (this tablet incorrectly cited as 29-13-938 in Bibliography). Rev. ab//2-u//3-tu etc.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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obverse
traces
2'. mu#-kur2 [x]
3'. mu#-kur2-a-na#-[bi2-esz]
4'. mu#-bi2-esz#
5'. mu-mu-[a]
6'. mu-DU#-a#-bi#
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)

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: Tablet frag from left edge
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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School exercise; OB Proto-Lu; rev Forerunner Hh XIII; 5x6 lines (this tablet incorrectly cited as 29-13-938 in Bibliography). Rev. ab//2-u//3-tu etc.)
This text is a school text.
Language(s): Sumerian

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primary: MSL 12, 031 Q''

[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 29-15-938
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2008-05-26 at 02:29:37	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	approved

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Composites

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

Composite	Score
CDLI Lexical 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397)	View the score

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“MSL 12, 031 Q’’ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228689.

MSL 12, 031 Q’’ artifact entry (No. P228689). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228689 (Original work published 2003)

MSL 12, 031 Q’’ artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228689 (Accessed: April 16, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 031 {Q}'' artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228689},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228689},
}

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“MSL 12, 031 Q’’ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228689.

MSL 12, 031 Q’’ artifact entry (No. P228689). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228689 (Original work published 2003)

MSL 12, 031 Q’’ artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228689 (Accessed: April 16, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 031 {Q}'' artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228689},
}

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