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UM 55-21-353 (P228946)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-353

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 Forerunner Hh XVIII; 6x4 lines; 4.8x6.0cm Birds.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Witness

Text

CM 22 Plate 10 Ni III-01 = UM 55-21-353 (3N-T600)
tablet
obverse
column 1
1'. [inim]-bala#-bala#[{muszen}]
2'. [...]-ra{muszen#}
3'. sipa#{muszen}
4'. LU{muszen#}
5'. sze21#[{muszen}]
reverse
column 1
1'. gi6#{muszen}
2'. buru5{muszen#}
3'. buru5 hur{muszen}
4'. buru5 nita{muszen}
5'. buru5# gi-zi{muszen}
6'. [buru5] kar#-<kid>{muszen}
7'. [buru5 ugu]-du3{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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Join Information:
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Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh4 (st Forerunner Hh XVIII; 6x4 lines; 4.8x6.0cm Birds.)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: UM 55-21-353
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: 3N-T0600
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:
Nippur, OI/UM 1951-52: TA 205, level XI, 2

Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced:
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

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 02:38:39	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 (567921) (567921)
Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.55-21-353) (UM.55-21-353)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P228946) (P228946)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P228946) (P228946)

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Score
CDLI Lexical 000041 (OB Nippur Ura 04) composite (P498271)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“UM 55-21-353 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228946.

UM 55-21-353 artifact entry (No. P228946). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228946 (Original work published 2003)

UM 55-21-353 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228946 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 55-21-353 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228946},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228946},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“UM 55-21-353 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P228946.

UM 55-21-353 artifact entry (No. P228946). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P228946 (Original work published 2003)

UM 55-21-353 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P228946 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

@misc{2023UM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 55-21-353 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P228946},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P228946},
}

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DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228946
LB  - CDLI:P228946
M1  - 2026/4/1/
TI  - UM 55-21-353 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P228946
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