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UM 55-21-390 (P228925)

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 55-21-390

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) Lexical; 6.4x3.0x2.0. ku#.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

UM 55-21-390 = 3N-T 910g
tablet
obverse broken
reverse
n lines broken
1. [{kusz}ur-mah]
2. {kusz#}[ur-nig]
3. [{kusz}]ur-[bar-ra]
4. {kusz#}ur-[gi7]
5. {kusz}ur-[ki]
6. {kusz}ur-[dib]
7. {kusz}ur-[tur]
8. {kusz}ur-[szub5]
9. {kusz}ur-szub5 [ku5-da]
10. {kusz}[pesz2]
11. {kusz}[pesz2 {gesz}gi-e]
12. [{kusz}]pesz2# {gesz}[gi-e ku2-a]

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) Lexical; 6.4x3.0x2.0. ku#.)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: UM 55-21-390
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: 3N-T0910g
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:
Nippur, OI/UM: TA 205, level XI 1

Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		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
2008-05-26 at 02:37:31	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (561270) (561270)
Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.55-21-390) (UM.55-21-390)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P228925) (P228925)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P228925) (P228925)

Composites

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 Artifacts

“UM 55-21-390 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228925.

UM 55-21-390 artifact entry (No. P228925). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228925 (Original work published 2003)

UM 55-21-390 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228925 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 55-21-390 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228925},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228925},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“UM 55-21-390 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228925.

UM 55-21-390 artifact entry (No. P228925). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228925 (Original work published 2003)

UM 55-21-390 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228925 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

@misc{2023UM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 55-21-390 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228925},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228925},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228925
LB  - CDLI:P228925
M1  - 2026/3/31/
TI  - UM 55-21-390 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228925
ER  -