MSL 10, 144 E (P228694)

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 29-15-977 + UM 29-16-586

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; Nippur forerunner to Hh XIX; 13x20x15.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [siki] sza3 sig
2. siki sza3 sig tab-ba
3. siki sza3 sig nu-[nu]
4. siki gu2-[...]
5. siki gu2 kesz2#-[...]
6. siki dah-hu#-[um]
7. siki kur-[ra]
8. siki mar-[tu]
9. siki [uri]
10. siki szu-[bir4]
11. siki sa10#-[ma]
12. siki x [...]
13. siki [...]
14. siki x [...]
15. siki x [...]
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. gesz KU-[...]
2'. gesz KU-{gesz}[...]
3'. gesz x [...]
4'. gesz pa#-[...]
5'. gesz pa-[...]
6'. gesz dalla2#
7'. gesz mud#-[...]
8'. gesz ze2-[...]
9'. gesz zu2-[...]
10'. gesz zu2-[...]
11'. gesz TUG2-[...]
12'. gesz pi-el-[...]
13'. gesz u3-luh#-[...]
  n lines broken
14'. gesz [...]
15'. gesz asal2#
16'. gesz asal2#-[...]
17'. gesz asal2#-[...]
18'. gesz NE-asal2#
19'. gesz numun-asal2#
20'. gesz il-[...]
21'. gesz kiszi16#
22'. gesz [ad2]
23'. gesz ad2-[...]
24'. gesz ad2-har-[...]
25'. gesz sa-ma-num2#
26'. gesz sa-ma-[...]
27'. gesz pesz7-[...]
28'. gesz szu-[...]
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. gesz szi-ig#-dum
2'. gesz |LAGABxX|-si
3'. gesz mu#-tum-da
4'. gesz gi-zu2-lum-ma
5'. gesz BU-zu2-lum-ma
6'. gesz dili-bu-um
7'. gesz an-tag
8'. gesz husz
9'. gesz masz
10'. gesz [...]
11'. gesz masz-gurum
12'. gesz guru5-usz
13'. gesz sag-EZEN
14'. gesz si-sag-EZEN
15'. gesz i-ri9-na
16'. gesz a-i-ri9#-na#
17'. gesz# gilim#-an-na
18'. [gesz ...] x [...]
19'. [gesz ...] x [...]
20'. [gesz ...]
21'. [gesz ...]
22'. [...] as4#-[...]
23'. gesz |LAGABxA|-da#
24'. gesz dab5-dab5#
25'. gesz u5
26'. gesz {d}ha-ia3
27'. gesz dub-ba
28'. gesz szumun-gi4
29'. gesz ti-bala
30'. gesz SZID-ma
31'. gesz MA
32'. gesz ba
33'. gesz ba-amar
34'. gesz ba-sze
35'. gesz ba-PA-SZE
36'. gesz ba-PA
37'. gesz hub2
38'. gesz na-ru2-a
39'. [...] eszkiri#-ME-szu-du7
40'. [...]-na#-UD
41'. [...] gu#-za
42'. [...]-sag10

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_ School exercise; Nippur forerunner to Hh XIX; 13x20x15.) 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

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P228694

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag, rev 2 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 29-15-977 + UM 29-16-586
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 566836 + 566835
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-15-977 + UM.29-16-586
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228694
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228694

References

  • primary: MSL 10, 144 E

    [Landsberger1970MSL10] Reiner, Erica, and Benno Landsberger. 1970. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets XVI, XVII, XIX and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 10. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

  • history: Veldhuis EEN, p. 300, p. 324

    [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
2024-09-02 at 09:21:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2018-10-10 at 08:44:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration McGrath, William CDLI Approved View
2017-10-11 at 05:31:28 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2017-02-15 at 20:03:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-12-30 at 09:01:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:30:03 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

“MSL 10, 144 E Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228694.
MSL 10, 144 E artifact entry (No. P228694). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228694 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 10, 144 E artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228694 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 10, 144 {E} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228694},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228694},
}


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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - MSL 10, 144 E artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228694
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 10, 144 E Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228694.
MSL 10, 144 E artifact entry (No. P228694). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228694 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 10, 144 E artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228694 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 10, 144 {E} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228694},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228694},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P228694
LB  - CDLI:P228694
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - MSL 10, 144 E artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228694
ER  -
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