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

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

Text

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
  traces
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

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Composites

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P229099

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 06414
Accession Number

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 09:14:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2013-07-10 at 09:54:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:47:23 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

“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: November 6, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229099},
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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: November 6, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-06]},
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	month = {sep 2},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229099},
}

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