MSL 07, 179 V26 (P229056)

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

CBS 06386

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: H)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  CBS 06386 = MSL 07: 179 = V26
tablet
obverse
1. gi-dub-ba
2. gi pesz-gi4
3. gi 1(disz) ninda
4. gi 1(disz) kusz3
5. gi 1/2(disz) kusz3
6. gi 1/3(disz) kusz3
7. gi# 2/3(disz)# kusz3#
  rest of column blank
reverse
column 1
1. gesz taszkarin
2. gesz esi
3. gesz nu11
4. gesz ha-lu-ub2#
5. gesz sza3-kal
6. gesz <sze> gi6
7. gesz <sze> gesztin
8. gesz <sze> gesztin-[...]
9. gesz gesztin-x
10. gesz gesztin-gam
  1 line missing
12. gesz haszhur
13. gesz haszhur-ra?#
14. gesz szinig#
15. gesz szinig-[...]
16. gesz szinig-kur#
17. gesz szarx(NE)-sza4#-bid3#
18. gesz MES-[...]
19. gesz lam
20. gesz LAM
column 2
1. [...]-suh5
2. [...]-u3-suh5
3. [...] pa-u3-suh5
4. [...]-nu-suh5
5. [...]-la#-e
6. [...] szennur
7. [...]-gal
8. [...]-tur
9. [...]-la#-X-um
10. [...] ildag2
11. [...] ildag2
  rest of column illegible

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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
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: H)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MSL 7, 179 V26

    [Civil1959MSL7] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1959. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets VIII-XII. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 7. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

  • history: Veldhuis EEN, p. 305

    [Veldhuis1997EEN] Veldhuis, Niek. 1997. “Elementary Education at Nippur. The Lists of Trees and Wooden Objects.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 06386
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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 02:41:28 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 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“MSL 07, 179 V26 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P229056.
MSL 07, 179 V26 artifact entry (No. P229056). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229056 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 07, 179 V26 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229056 (Accessed: May 19, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 07, 179 {V26} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229056},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229056},
}


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