OIP 011, 254 (P229099)

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 06414

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 Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

tablet
reverse
column 1
1'. ud5# [...]
2'. ud5 [...]
3'. ud5 szag4-x
4'. ud5 u3-tu
5'. ud5 nu-u3-tu
6'. ud5 gesz3 zu-zu
7'. ud5 gesz3 nu-zu
8'. masz2#
9'. masz2 gal#
10'. masz2 sag#
11'. masz2-[...]
12'. masz2 [...]
13'. masz2# [...]
column 2
1'. sila4# [...]
2'. {munus}asz2-gar3
3'. {munus}asz2-gar3 gesz3 zu-zu
4'. {munus}asz2-gar3 gesz3 nu-[zu]
5'. gu4
6'. gu4 a2-ur3-ra
7'. gu4 gesz-du3-a
8'. gu4 gesz-tag-ga
9'. gu4 mah2
10'. gu4 szu-gi4
11'. gu4 szu-gi4-na
12'. gu4 ri-ri-ga
13'. gu4 na de5-ga
14'. gu4 babbar
15'. gu4 kukku5
16'. gu4 su4-a
17'. gu4 sig7#-[...]
column 3
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3'. [...]-tu
4'. [...]-tu
5'. [...] zu#-zu#
6'. [...] nu-zu
7'. [...] mah2
8'. [...]-gi4
9'. [...] gal2-la
10'. [...] gal2-la
11'. [...]-za
12'. amar
13'. [...] ga

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Join Information:
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 06414
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 09:14:23 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2013-07-10 at 09:54:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:47:23 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

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

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“OIP 011, 254 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229099.
OIP 011, 254 artifact entry (No. P229099). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229099 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 254 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229099 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).
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	month = {sep 2},
	title = {OIP 011, 254 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229099},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229099},
}

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