UM 55-21-411 (P228939)

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 55-21-411

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh4 (st Lexical; 7.4x?.?x3.2)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  CM 22 Plate 11 Ni U-01 = UM 55-21-411 (3N-T911m)
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. buru5#{muszen}
2. buru5 hur{muszen}
3. buru5 nita{muszen}
4. buru5 gi-zi{muszen}
5. buru5 kar-kid{muszen}
6. buru5 ugu-du3{muszen}
7. buru5# {u2}sag9#?{muszen}
8. buru5 zu2-lum-ma{muszen}
9. [buru5] habruda#-da{muszen}
reverse
column 1
1'. [...]-nu#{muszen#}
2'. nuz# ga-nu{muszen#}
3'. amar ga-nu{muszen}

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):
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  • Condition Description:
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh4 (st Lexical; 7.4x?.?x3.2)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-411
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: 3N-T0911m
  • 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
2008-05-26 at 02:38:22 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 000041 (OB Nippur Ura 04) composite (P498271) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“UM 55-21-411 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228939.
UM 55-21-411 artifact entry (No. P228939). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228939 (Original work published 2003)
UM 55-21-411 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228939 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 55-21-411 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228939},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228939},
}


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