AfO 29/30, 038, UM 55-21-048 (P228819)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-048

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	School text
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P228819
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P228819

Physical information

lentil

Artifact type	Tablet lentil
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number	2N-T0219
Findspot	Nippur, OI/UM 1949-50: TB 63, level I 1
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	UM 55-21-048
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	567661
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	UM.55-21-48
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P228819

References

primary: AfO 29/30 (pp. 18-45), 038, UM 55-21-048

[Falkowitz1983AfO29/30] Falkowitz, Robert S. 1983-1984. “Round Old Babylonian School Tablets from Nippur.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 29/30: 18–45.
history: field neg 1021

[sec32602] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-12 at 10:16:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 08:05:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-07 at 13:50:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-05 at 18:26:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“AfO 29/30, 038, UM 55-21-048 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228819.

AfO 29/30, 038, UM 55-21-048 artifact entry (No. P228819). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228819 (Original work published 2003)

AfO 29/30, 038, UM 55-21-048 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228819 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

@misc{2024AfO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {AfO 29/30, 038, {UM} 55-21-048 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228819},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228819},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AfO 29/30, 038, UM 55-21-048 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P228819.

AfO 29/30, 038, UM 55-21-048 artifact entry (No. P228819). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228819 (Original work published 2003)

AfO 29/30, 038, UM 55-21-048 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228819 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

@misc{2024AfO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {AfO 29/30, 038, {UM} 55-21-048 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228819},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228819},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - AfO 29/30, 038, UM 55-21-048 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228819
ER  -