UM 55-21-397 (P228929)

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 55-21-397

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) Lexical; 6.5x7.2x2.7. udu and uzu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  probably same tablet as UM 55-21-395 = 3N-T911b
tablet
obverse
column 1
  3 lines traces
4'. udu# gukkal niga sag10
5'. udu# gukkal niga TUM la2-e
6'. udu ad4
7'. udu ku5-ku5-da
8'. udu ri-ri-ga
9'. [udu] na# de5-ga
10'. [udu] kur#-ra
11'. [...] gi#-na
12'. [...]-a
column 2
  8 lines broken
reverse
column 1
1'. uzu# [...]
2'. uzu [...]
3'. uzu [...]
4'. uzu [...]
5'. uzu gu2-mur7
6'. uzu zu2 kesz2 gu2#-[...]
7'. uzu gu2!(|GU2xKAK|)-bala gesz du3-a
8'. uzu za3-LU#
9'. uzu sila3# za3#-[...]
10'. uzu# [...]
column 2
1'. [...]-szag4#-ga#
  1 line illegible
3'. uzu# nig2-luh
4'. uzu ab-tir
5'. uzu# e2-mur!(|HIxNUN|)-ra
6'. uzu BAD?-bi
7'. uzu# x-dar#?
8'. [...]-x
9'. [...] sa#
10'. [uzu] sa# gal
11'. [uzu] sa# dah
12'. uzu# sa nim-ma-ra
13'. uzu |E2#xSAL#|

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
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) Lexical; 6.5x7.2x2.7. udu and uzu)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-397
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: 3N-T0911d
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

    Nippur, OI/UM: TA 205, level XI 2

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
2019-06-14 at 07:27:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:37:56 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 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“UM 55-21-397 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228929.
UM 55-21-397 artifact entry (No. P228929). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228929 (Original work published 2003)
UM 55-21-397 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228929 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 55-21-397 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228929},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228929},
}


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