OIP 011, 200 (P229073)

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 05913

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) Preserved side rev. acc. to Chiera, obv. acc to MSL. Is reverse! Type II/2 with col. from left to right. Col. length rather low for type I (26 lines).)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  CBS 05913 = MSL 07: 209 = V6 = SLT 200
tablet
  obverse not inscribed
reverse
column 1
1. [{kusz}ku5]-TA
2. [{kusz}ban2]{muszen}-nu
3. [{kusz}]ur#-mah
4. [{kusz}]ur#-nig#
  rest of column broken
column 2
1. {kusz}lu-ub2 {dug#!}[sumun2]
2. {kusz}lu-ub2 i3-[gesz]
3. {kusz}masz-lum#
4. {kusz}pa-nam#! [...]
  rest of column broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) Preserved side rev. acc. to Chiera, obv. acc to MSL. Is reverse! Type II/2 with col. from left to right. Col. length rather low for type I (26 lines).)
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/P229073

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 05913
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 580659
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.5913
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229073
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229073

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 02:44:08 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, 200 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229073.
OIP 011, 200 artifact entry (No. P229073). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229073 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 200 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229073 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 200 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229073},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229073},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“OIP 011, 200 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229073.
OIP 011, 200 artifact entry (No. P229073). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229073 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 200 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229073 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 200 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229073},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229073},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229073
LB  - CDLI:P229073
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - OIP 011, 200 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229073
ER  -
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