N 6052 (+) UM 29-16-393 (P228744)

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

N 6052 (+) UM 29-16-393

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 Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School exercise; Hh XIV (yes)?; 25x5x0 linwa)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Witness

tablet
reverse
column 1
  3 lines broken
4. eh-[...]
5. KA#-[...]
6. [eh]
7. eh-[...]
8. eh a-szag4-[...]
9. eh sag-[...]
11. eh [...]
12. eh [...]
13. eh zi3-da#
14. eh gesz-ur3-ra#
15. nim
16. nim sahar-ra
17. nim ur-mah
18. nim ur-nig
  1 line traces
20. [...] ur#-[...]
21. nim ur-[...]
22. nim ur-dib
23. nim |3xAN|
24. nim i3-nun
25. nim bi2-bi2-a-IGI@g-EN-IGI@g-EN
26. bir5
27. bir5 gal
28. bir5 ab-ba
29. bir5# sahar-ra
30. bir5# tur#-tur
column 2
1. bir5 en#-tir#
2. bir5 ga2-nu-tir-ra
3. bir5 ir-gi4-lum
4. pesz2
5. pesz2-gesz-gi
  rest of reverse blank

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):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, obv blank, rev 3 cols
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School exercise; Hh XIV (yes)?; 25x5x0 linwa)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 6052 (+) UM 29-16-393
  • 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
2012-08-13 at 17:09:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:31:39 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 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

P228744 leadP228744 lead

Cite this Artifact
“N 6052 (+) UM 29-16-393 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228744.
N 6052 (+) UM 29-16-393 artifact entry (No. P228744). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228744 (Original work published 2003)
N 6052 (+) UM 29-16-393 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228744 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 6052 (+) {UM} 29-16-393 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228744},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228744},
}

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