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

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

-

Witness

Text

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 ge6-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

Text content

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

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/P229187

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 11322
Accession Number

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-03-16 at 16:53:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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
2008-05-26 at 02:55:08 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, 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: October 14, 2026).
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	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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M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - OIP 011, 141 artifact entry
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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: October 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	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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DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229187
LB  - CDLI:P229187
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - OIP 011, 141 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229187
ER  - 
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