UM 55-21-286 (P228898)

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 55-21-286

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (School exercise; personal names; 8x3 lines; 8.6x6.8)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. {disz}dingir-da-nu-me-a
2. {disz}a-ba-ak?-nu-um
3. {disz}u-bar-{d}la-ga-ma-al
4. {disz}i-din-{d}urasz
5. {disz}i-bi-{d}er3-ra
6. {disz}i-lu-su-na#-da#
7. {disz}s,a-bi-{d}en#-lil2
8. {disz}{d}nanna-lu2-ti
reverse
1. {disz}{d}utu-mu-sze-zi-ib
2. {disz}i-t,ur-asz-du-um
3. {disz}isz#-me-<<asz>>-dingir
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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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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (School exercise; personal names; 8x3 lines; 8.6x6.8)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-286
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0254
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  • Findspot Comments:

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

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
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2014-05-05 at 10:45:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-05-05 at 08:49:34 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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Cite this Artifact
“UM 55-21-286 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228898.
UM 55-21-286 artifact entry (No. P228898). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228898 (Original work published 2003)
UM 55-21-286 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228898 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 55-21-286 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228898},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228898},
}


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