MSL 12, 032 A3 (P228767)

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 29-16-545

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Lú School exercise; OB Proto-lu: rev. forerunner Hh?--geographical list with e2(or ka-gal?); 6x9x12x3x8x16x15x16 lines. Not a type II text. (both sides multiple columns). Looks like a type I.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1'. [a]-u3#-a
2'. nar-gal
3'. gala#
4'. gala#-mah
5'. [x]-da
6'. [x]-tur
  traces
column 2
1'. [x]-nig2-ku5
2'. [x]-e2-dub-ba-a
3'. ugula#-MIN
4'. |PA.PA.MU|
5'. |PA.PA.MU|
6'. dub-sar
7'. dub-sar-mah
8'. dub-sar-za3-ESZ2
9'. dub-sar#-lugal#
  traces
column 3
  traces
2'. [...]-x-[x]
3'. x-x-[x]
4'. x-ku3?-[x]
5'. ad-KID#
6'. ad-KID-gal#
7'. tibira
8'. |TAK4.ALAN|
9'. bur-gul
10'. szim-mu2
11'. szim-mu2
12'. i3-ra2-ra2#
13'. munu4-[mu2]
column 4
1'. u8?-[...]
2'. a-[...]
3'. |KU.X|#

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Lú School exercise; OB Proto-lu: rev. forerunner Hh?--geographical list with e2(or ka-gal?); 6x9x12x3x8x16x15x16 lines. Not a type II text. (both sides multiple columns). Looks like a type I.) 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 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) Q000047 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P228767

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag, left edge, 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 29-16-545
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 567256
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-16-545
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228767
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228767

References

  • primary: MSL 12, 032 A3

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 02:32:29 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 12, 032 A3 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228767.
MSL 12, 032 A3 artifact entry (No. P228767). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228767 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 12, 032 A3 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228767 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 032 {A3} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228767},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228767},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228767
LB  - CDLI:P228767
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - MSL 12, 032 A3 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228767
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 12, 032 A3 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228767.
MSL 12, 032 A3 artifact entry (No. P228767). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228767 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 12, 032 A3 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228767 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 032 {A3} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228767},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228767},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228767
LB  - CDLI:P228767
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - MSL 12, 032 A3 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228767
ER  -
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