MSL 08/1, 081 V01 (P228774)

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 29-16-571

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School exercise; forerunner Hh XIII; rev forerunner Hh XV Colophon d.nisaba za//3-mi//2 and number of lines(?).)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. udu niga
2. udu niga sag10
3. udu niga gir2 gu-la
4. udu nita2
5. udu nita2 gesz du3-a
6. udu# u2
7. [udu] utua
8. [udu] a-lum
9. [udu a]-lum# niga
10. udu# a-lum niga# sag10
11. udu a-lum gukkal#
12. gukkal
13. gukkal niga
14. gukkal niga sag10
15. gukkal ib2 la2-a
16. udu TU
17. udu ad4
18. udu ku5-ku5-ra2
19. udu ri-ri-ga
20. udu na de5-ga
21. udu kur-ra
22. udu HI-gi-na
23. udu dingir#-e# KA-a
24. [...] KA#-a
column 2
1. udu sa#-[...]
2. udu sa#-[...]
3. udu si#-il#-la2
4. udu su-si-ga
5. udu su-si-ga kur-ra
6. udu su-si-ga mar-tu
7. udu masz2-szu-gid2-gid2
8. udu masz2-da-ri
9. udu nam-en-na
10. udu nam-erim2-ma
11. udu nam-ra-ak
12. udu e2#-an-na#
13. udu da-[...]
14. udu bar [...]
15. udu bar [...]
16. udu bar [...]
17. udu gir2-tab [...]
18. udu zulumhi(|SIK2.SUD#|)
19. udu gaba
20. udu gaba-ri-a
21. udu igi duh-a
22. udu ur2-[...]
23. udu za3#-[...]
24. udu# [...]
column 3
  1 line missing
2. udu# [...]
3. udu szu-szum#?-[...]
4. udu szu-szum-ma?
5. udu szu-du8-[a]
6. udu sag-ga2 tum2-ma
7. udu zil-qum!(|GUMxSZE|)
8. udu te-er-zum
9. udu BALAG-ma
10. udu sa10!(|NINDA2xTAG.U|)-ma
11. udu szakanka!(|LAM.DI|)-ma
12. udu# siskur2-re
13. udu szud3-de3
14. udu esz3-esz3
15. udu sikil-la-ta#
16. udu sag nu-[...]
reverse
column 1
  traces
column 2
1'. {d}[...]
2'. nig2-bun2#-[...]
3'. KA-SZID#
4'. uh
5'. ba-al-gi4#
6'. szah2#
7'. szah2 gesz-gi
8'. szah2 u4-szu2-usz
9'. szah2 niga
10'. szah2 ma2-gan-na
11'. szah2 nam-erim2#
12'. szah2 zah-eh-[tur]
13'. megidax(KUN)#
14'. [kiszi8]
15'. kiszi8#-[...]
column 3
1'. uzu# gu2#-mur#
2'. uzu |DAG.KISIM5xGA|
3'. uzu |DAG.KISIM5xGA|
4'. uzu te
5'. uzu gu2
6'. uzu gu2-mur7
7'. uzu zu2 kesz2 gu2-mur7
8'. uzu gu2-bala gesz du3-a
9'. uzu za3 udu
10'. uzu sila3 za3 udu
11'. uzu ma-sila3
12'. uzu si ma-sila3
13'. uzu ma-sila3!-dur?
14'. uzu# ti#
column 4
1'. [uzu] x
2'. uzu# sag#-[...]
3'. uzu giri3-[...]
4'. uzu giri3-pa3#-[ra2] gid2-da#
5'. uzu giri3-pa3-ra2 lugud2-da
6'. uzu giri3-pa3-[ra2] hul-hul#
7'. uzu zil-x
8'. uzu te-[...]
9'. uzu BALAG#-[...]
10'. uzu# [...]
11'. uzu szakanka(|DI!.LAM|)#
12'. uzu al-szeg6#-[...]
13'. uzu al-hab2-ba
14'. uzu gu4 banszur
15'. uzu ma-gi
16'. uzu sul(NI)
17'. uzu i3 tab#-ba#
18'. uzu i3 [...]
19'. uzu i3 [...]
20'. uzu i3 [...]
21'. uzu nig2-kid2#-[...]
22'. uzu nig2-[kid2]
column 5
1'. uzu# in#-[...]
2'. uzu# dah#-[...]
3'. uzu dur-en3
4'. {d}nisaba za3-mi2

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School exercise; forerunner Hh XIII; rev forerunner Hh XV Colophon d.nisaba za//3-mi//2 and number of 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 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397) Q000001 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P228774

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag, upper left corner

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 29-16-571
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 567275
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-16-571
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P228774
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P228774

References

  • primary: MSL 8/1, 081 V01

    [Landsberger1960MSL8/1] Landsberger, Benno. 1960. The Fauna of Ancient Mesopotamia (Part 1). Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon.

  • history: MSL 9, 041 (V4)

    [Landsberger1967MSL9] Sigrist, Marcel, and Benno Landsberger. 1967. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 9. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 09:14:23 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 02:32:56 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 Artifact

“MSL 08/1, 081 V01 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228774.
MSL 08/1, 081 V01 artifact entry (No. P228774). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228774 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 08/1, 081 V01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228774 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 08/1, 081 {V01} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228774},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228774},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 08/1, 081 V01 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228774.
MSL 08/1, 081 V01 artifact entry (No. P228774). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228774 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 08/1, 081 V01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228774 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 08/1, 081 {V01} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228774},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228774},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P228774
LB  - CDLI:P228774
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - MSL 08/1, 081 V01 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228774
ER  -
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