MSL 09, 041 V14 (P229120)

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 06575

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Rev: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds Obv. uzu, rev. clothing (tug//2). (Wrong order!!!!). Clothing section has sig//2-gu-la (left col!) and tug//2-IGI (see 50). Col from left to right.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  CBS 6575
tablet
obverse
  (reverse in ur5-ra 19 file)
1. uzu# ellag |U.MUSZ3@g|-[...]
2. uzu# ellag |U.MUSZ3@g|-[...]
3. uzu# ellag |U.MUSZ3@g| sza3#-[ga]
4. uzu# ellag |U.MUSZ3@g|#-[bar-ra]
5. [uzu] ab#-[tir]
reverse
  (columns left to right)
column 1
1'. [siki] ba-gu#-[...]
2'. siki# nu!(ASZ)-gu-la?#
3'. siki# gu kesz2
4'. siki# gu kesz2 tab-ba
5'. siki# dah-hu-um
6'. [siki] kur-ra#
column 2
1'. tug2 x#-[...]
2'. tug2 |IGI.X|
3'. tug2 szukur#{gur8#}-[...]

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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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Rev: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds Obv. uzu, rev. clothing (tug//2). (Wrong order!!!!). Clothing section has sig//2-gu-la (left col!) and tug//2-IGI (see 50). Col from left to right.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

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  • Museum No.: CBS 06575
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2018-10-10 at 08:44:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf McGrath, William CDLI approved View
2017-02-15 at 20:06:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:49:33 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 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397) View the score

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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 09, 041 V14 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229120.
MSL 09, 041 V14 artifact entry (No. P229120). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229120 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 09, 041 V14 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229120 (Accessed: August 2, 2025).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {MSL 09, 041 {V14} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229120},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229120},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229120
LB  - CDLI:P229120
M1  - 2025/8/2/
TI  - MSL 09, 041 V14 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229120
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 09, 041 V14 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229120.
MSL 09, 041 V14 artifact entry (No. P229120). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229120 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 09, 041 V14 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229120 (Accessed: August 2, 2025).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {MSL 09, 041 {V14} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229120},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229120},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229120
LB  - CDLI:P229120
M1  - 2025/8/2/
TI  - MSL 09, 041 V14 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229120
ER  -
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