OIP 011, 141 (P229187)

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 11322

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Left part of a type II text. Both sides gi#. Tablet is turned over vertical axis. Reverse partly partly destroyed by a hand print. Writing is not bad. Reverse exercise ends where the obverse ends, and then starts over again with gi# taskarin.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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obverse
column 1
1. gesz KID-da-zil-la2
2. gesz mes
3. gesz mes-ma2-gan-na
4. gesz mes-me-luh-ha
5. gesz erin
6. gesz szu-ur-me
7. [...] za#-ba-lum
8. [...]-la-ma-kum
9. [...] gi#-ri2-lum
10. gesz gi-rim
11. gesz zi-ir-dum
12. gesz mi#-ri2#-isz-ga2-ra
reverse
column 1
1. gesz taszkarin#
2. gesz esi
3. gesz nu11
4. gesz ha-lu-ub2
5. gesz sza3-kal#
6. gesz kin2
7. gesz gi6
8. gesz gesztin
9. gesz gesztin-[...]
10. gesz gesztin-[...]
11. gesz gesztin#-[...]
12. gesz pesz3#
13. gesz haszhur
14. [...]-kur-ra
15. gesz sze-du10
16. gesz sze-nu#
17. gesz sze-[...]
18. gesz szinig#
19. gesz szinig-dili
20. gesz szinig-kur-ra
21. gesz szarx(NE)-sza4-bid3
22. gesz MES#-szarx(NE)-sza4-bid3
column 2
1. gesz lam
2. gesz LAM
3. gesz u3-suh5
4. gesz sze-u3-suh5#
5. [...] bir#-GAM-la-e
6. gesz szim#-gig
7. gesz# szennur
8. [...] lam#-gal
9. [...]-tur
  1 line illegible
11. gesz ildag2
12. gesz ildag2#-kur-ra
13. gesz ildag2-[...]
14. gesz ildag2-[...]
15. [...]-ra#
16. gesz ab-ba
17. gesz ab-ba-me-luh-ha
18. gesz gi6-par4
19. [...]-nu
20. [...]-X-szu-AK
21. [...] ma#-nu-gibil2-AK
column 3
1. gesz nu-ur2-ma
2. gesz KID-da
3. gesz KID-da
4. gesz KID-da-zil-la2
5. [...] mes
6. gesz# mes-ma2-gan-na
7. [...]-me#-luh-ha
8. [...] erin#
9. [...] szu-ur2-me
10. [...] za#-ba#-lum#
11. gesz# e-la#-[...]
12. [...]-ri2#-lum?#
13. [...]-rim
  traces of 1 line
  traces of 1 line
16. [...] taszkarin
17. [...] esi
18. [...] nu11
19. [...] ha-lu-ub2
20. [...] sza3-kal
21. [...] kin2

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 Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Left part of a type II text. Both sides gi#. Tablet is turned over vertical axis. Reverse partly partly destroyed by a hand print. Writing is not bad. Reverse exercise ends where the obverse ends, and then starts over again with gi# taskarin.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 11322
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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
2008-05-26 at 02:55:08 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 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“OIP 011, 141 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229187.
OIP 011, 141 artifact entry (No. P229187). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229187 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 141 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229187 (Accessed: May 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 141 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229187},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229187},
}


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