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OIP 011, 129 (P229188)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 15081

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: tu-ta-ti Type II tablet, all but complete. Obv. gi# nimbar. Right side some pupil's signs preserved, duplicating teacher's example. Reverse TU-TA-TI; very crude script. Copy in SLT generally correct. Green: BK.)

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Sumerian

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obverse
column 1
1. [...] sza3#-nimbar
2. gesz suhur-nimbar
3. gesz ama-nimbar
4. gesz LAGAB-{gesz}kiri6-nimbar
5. gesz LAGAB-{gesz}kiri6-x-NE-nimbar#
6. gesz an-na-[...]
7. gesz pa-nimbar#
8. gesz pa-ku5-nimbar#
9. gesz dalla2#
10. gesz mud#-[...]
11. gesz ze2#-[...]
12. gesz zu2#-[...]
13. [...]-ga2#-an-[...]
14. gesz zu2-gu-la#-[...]
15. gesz TUG2-nimbar
16. gesz pi-el-la2-nimbar
17. gesz u3-luh#-nimbar
18. [...] ga2#-li#-nimbar
19. [...]-nimbar

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)

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: tu-ta-ti Type II tablet, all but complete. Obv. gi# nimbar. Right side some pupil's signs preserved, duplicating teacher's example. Reverse TU-TA-TI; very crude script. Copy in SLT generally correct. Green: BK.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: OIP 11, 129

[Chiera1929OIP11] Chiera, Edward. 1929. Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur. Vol. 11. Oriental Institute Publications. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/oip-11-cuneiform-series-volume-i-sumerian-lexical-texts-temple-school.
history: Veldhuis EEN, p. 304

[Veldhuis1997EEN] Veldhuis, Niek. 1997. “Elementary Education at Nippur. The Lists of Trees and Wooden Objects.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

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Museum No.: CBS 15081
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Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2008-05-26 at 02:55:17	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	approved

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CDLI Lexical 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269)	View the score

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“OIP 011, 129 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229188.

OIP 011, 129 artifact entry (No. P229188). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229188 (Original work published 2003)

OIP 011, 129 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229188 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229188},
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