OIP 011, 093 (P229047)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06469

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  CBS 06469 = MSL 07: 177 = V3 = SLT 93
tablet
  obverse broken
reverse
column 1
1. {gi#}gaszam(|[NUN.ME].TAG#|)#
2. gi-szul#-hi
3. gi-NE
4. gi bar7
5. gi-izi#-la2#
6. gi-sal#-[la]
7. {gi}ig# [sal-la]
8. {gi}ig# [guru5-usz]
9. {gi}ig szah3
10. {gi}kid
11. {gi#}murux(|KID#.MAH|)#
12. {gi}kid ma2 szag4
13. {gi}kid ma2 szag4-ga
14. {gi}kid ma2 szag4# an#-na#
15. {gi}kid si# [ma2]
16. {gi#}kid [URU-DI]
  rest of column broken
column 2
1. [{gi}gur]-mah#
2. [{gi}gur]-DU
3. [gi]-gur# {dug}utul2
4. gi#-gur KA a du10
5. gi#-gur ku-u4-da
6. [gi]-gur# zi3-da
7. [gi]-gur a-bala-a
8. [gi]-gur szu nigin
9. [gi]-gur# sal-la
10. [gi]-gur pisan
11. [{gi}]pisan
12. [{gi}]pisan# szu
13. [{gi}pisan] ninda#

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270) Q000040 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P229047

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 06469
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 581217
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.6469
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229047
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229047

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2008-05-26 at 02:40:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“OIP 011, 093 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229047.
OIP 011, 093 artifact entry (No. P229047). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229047 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 093 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229047 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 093 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229047},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229047},
}


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TI  - OIP 011, 093 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“OIP 011, 093 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229047.
OIP 011, 093 artifact entry (No. P229047). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229047 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 093 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229047 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
@misc{2024OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 093 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229047},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229047},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229047
LB  - CDLI:P229047
M1  - 2026/4/25/
TI  - OIP 011, 093 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229047
ER  -
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