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

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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

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Witness

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#
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column 3
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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|#

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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
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, left edge, 4 cols
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  • 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.)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • 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.

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  • Museum No.: UM 29-16-545
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
2008-05-26 at 02:32:29 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

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

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) View the score
Historiae 22: 18 (P566681) View the score

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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: May 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 032 {A3} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228767},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228767},
}


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