MSL 07, 230 V08 (P229086)

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 06574

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 Obv. metal objects (ub//3), rev. gi#. Identified among unnumbered fragments.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  CBS 06574 = MSL 07: 230 = V08
tablet
obverse
1. ub3(|AB2.SZA3|)[{zabar}]
2. ub3(|AB2.SZA3|)-[ama5{zabar}]
  rest of column broken
reverse
column 1
1'. gesz rin2-ma#-[...]
2'. gesz e2-rin2#
3'. gesz dilim2-rin2

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: H Obv. metal objects (ub//3), rev. gi#. Identified among unnumbered fragments.)
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

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P229086

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 06574
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 581307
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.6574
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229086
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229086

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 02:46:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 07, 230 V08 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229086.
MSL 07, 230 V08 artifact entry (No. P229086). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229086 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 07, 230 V08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229086 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {MSL 07, 230 {V08} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229086},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229086},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 07, 230 V08 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229086.
MSL 07, 230 V08 artifact entry (No. P229086). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229086 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 07, 230 V08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229086 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {MSL 07, 230 {V08} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229086},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229086},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229086
LB  - CDLI:P229086
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - MSL 07, 230 V08 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229086
ER  -
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