MSL 07, 212 V27, 229 V04 (P228840)

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 55-21-310

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, Lexical; col 1=OB Forerunner Hh XI, cols ii and iii=OB forerunner Hh XII; 10 lines; 6.5x9.3. Type uncertain.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  UM 55-21-310 = MSL 07: 212 = V 27 = MSL 07: 229 = V4
tablet
  obverse broken
reverse
column 1
1. {uruda}[szen ku3]
2. {uruda}szen [dilim2]
3. {uruda}szen [udul2]
4. {uruda}szen za-hu-um#
5. {uruda}szen zi-ru-um#
6. {uruda}zi-ir gar#
7. {uruda}lib-bi-[da]
8. {uruda}ha-bu-da#
9. {uruda}ubrix(|IGI.MAR#|)#
10. {uruda}tun3#
11. {uruda}tun3# sal#
  rest of column broken
column 2
1. [{zabar}]dug#
2. {zabar(|[UD].KA.BAR|)#}{dug}mud3(|NUNUZ.AB2xKAK|)
3. {zabar}ma2-gur8
4. zabar-hi-a
5. sza-u19-sza{zabar}
6. szu2-usz-gar{zabar}
7. szu-IM-ba{zabar}
8. am-am{zabar}
9. an-za-am{zabar}
10. ub3(|AB2+SZA3|){zabar}
11. ub3(|AB2#+SZA3#|)#-ama5(|E2xSAL#|)#{zabar}
  rest of column broken
column 3
  2 lines broken
  3 lines traces
6. [hub2-du-um]{zabar(|[UD].KA#.BAR|)#}
7. [ku3]-babbar#
8. [ku3-babbar kal]-ga
9. [ku3-babbar a]-gar5
10. [ku3-babbar] u3-tu
11. [ku3-babbar] kuru7-[ak]
  1 line traces
  rest of column broken

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
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, Lexical; col 1=OB Forerunner Hh XI, cols ii and iii=OB forerunner Hh XII; 10 lines; 6.5x9.3. Type uncertain.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MSL 7, 212 V27, 229 V04

    [Civil1959MSL7] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1959. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets VIII-XII. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 7. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

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  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-310
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0346
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  • Findspot Comments:

    Nippur, OI/UM 1951-52: TA 205, level XI 1

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 02:35:22 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 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“MSL 07, 212 V27, 229 V04 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228840.
MSL 07, 212 V27, 229 V04 artifact entry (No. P228840). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228840 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 07, 212 V27, 229 V04 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228840 (Accessed: May 12, 2025).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 07, 212 {V27}, 229 {V04} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228840},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228840},
}


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