MSL 10, 054 V29 (P228698)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-16-013

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; Forerunner Hh XVI; rev Ni Forerunner Hh V; 8x9x18x19x19 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [{na4}]bur
2. [{na4}]bur# e za3-ga
3. {na4#}bur szu
4. {na4#}bur-mar#-[ha]-li#
5. [...]-szi
6. [...]-babbar
7. {na4#}bur#-kukku5#
reverse
column 1
1'. gesz# szibir#
2'. gesz [...]
3'. gesz [...]
4'. gesz#
  2 lines missing
7'. gesz x-[...]
8'. gesz x-[...]
9'. gesz [...]
10'. gesz mud-[...]
11'. gesz gag-mud#-[...]
12'. gesz umbin-gigir#
13'. gesz gag-umbin-gigir#
14'. gesz si-gigir
15'. gesz gaba-gigir
16'. gesz gaba-gal2-gigir
17'. gesz usan3#
18'. gesz usan3#
19'. gesz eme?-usan3#
20'. gesz ama-[...]
column 2
1'. gesz# szid#-du3#-gar
2'. gesz szid-du3-bar
3'. gesz szid-du3-a-sza3
4'. gesz mar-gid2-da
5'. gesz gu-za-mar-gid2-da
  1 line missing
7'. gesz gag-za#-ra#-mar#-[...]
8'. gesz sag-kul-mar-gid2-da
9'. gesz giri3#-gub-mar-gid2-da
10'. gesz mud-mar-gid2-da
11'. gesz# gag-HU-mar-gid2-da
12'. [...] UR-mar-gid2-da#
13'. gesz [...]-UR-mar-gid2-da#
14'. gesz umbin#-mar-gid2-da
15'. gesz gag-umbin-mar-gid2-da
16'. gesz ZI-ha-ru-um-um-mar-gid2-da
17'. gesz en3-dur-mar-gid2-da
18'. gesz ig
19'. gesz ig-gal
column 3
  traces of 1 line
2'. [...] ig-masz-tab-ba
3'. [...] ig-u3-ma
4'. [...]-mi#-ri2#-za
5'. [...]-na#
  1 line missing
7'. [...]-AN
  2 lines broken
10'. [...]-ig#
11'. [...]-ig#
12'. [...]-ig#
13'. [...] dun3-la2-ig
14'. gesz ir-ig
15'. gesz suhub4
16'. gesz nu-kusz2-u3
17'. gesz nu-kusz2-u3-an-na
18'. gesz [...]-kusz2-u3-ki-ta
19'. gesz# [...]-BAL#
column 4
1'. [...] TAG#-[...]
2'. [...] kur-ra
3'. [...] nu-ra
4'. [...] ALAN-il2?#
  traces
10'. [...] da-[...]
11'. [...] ga-rig2#
12'. [...] ga-rig2-siki
13'. [...] ga-rig2-sag-du
14'. [...] ga-rig2-pa-muszen-na
15'. [...] bala
16'. [...] e2-bala
17'. [...] X-bala
18'. [...] X-bala
  traces of 1 line
  2 lines broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_ School exercise; Forerunner Hh XVI; rev Ni Forerunner Hh V; 8x9x18x19x19 lines) 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

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P228698

Physical information

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

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 29-16-013
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 566851
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-16-13
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228698
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228698

References

  • primary: MSL 10, 054 V29

    [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. 320

    [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
2008-05-26 at 02:30:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 10, 054 V29 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228698.
MSL 10, 054 V29 artifact entry (No. P228698). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228698 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 10, 054 V29 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228698 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 10, 054 {V29} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228698},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228698},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 10, 054 V29 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228698.
MSL 10, 054 V29 artifact entry (No. P228698). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228698 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 10, 054 V29 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228698 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 10, 054 {V29} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228698},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228698},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P228698
LB  - CDLI:P228698
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - MSL 10, 054 V29 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228698
ER  -
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