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EEN 297, CBS 06593 (P229199)

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 06593

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 Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Right hand fragm. of type II tablet. Obv. rubbed out. Rev. faint writing. Green = AQ.)

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Sumerian

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Text

reverse
column 1
1'. [...]-kur
2'. [...] sze-nu
3'. gesz sze-du10#
4'. gesz sze#-sze#
5'. gesz szinig#
6'. gesz szinig-dili
7'. gesz szinig-kur
8'. gesz szarx(NE)-sza4-bid3#
9'. gesz MES-[...]
column 2
1'. [...] ildag2#-kur#-ra#
2'. gesz# ildag2-bur-ra#
3'. gesz# ildag2-szita3-na
4'. [...] kur-ra
5'. [...] ab#-ba
traces of 1 line

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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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Right hand fragm. of type II tablet. Obv. rubbed out. Rev. faint writing. Green = AQ.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 297, CBS 6593

[Veldhuis1997EEN] Veldhuis, Niek. 1997. “Elementary Education at Nippur. The Lists of Trees and Wooden Objects.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
citation: OIP 11, p.16 (unpub. dup.)

[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.

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Museum No.: CBS 06593
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Provenience

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 02:56:42	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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Composites

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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“EEN 297, CBS 06593 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229199.

EEN 297, CBS 06593 artifact entry (No. P229199). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229199 (Original work published 2003)

EEN 297, CBS 06593 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229199 (Accessed: April 22, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {EEN 297, {CBS} 06593 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229199},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229199},
}

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“EEN 297, CBS 06593 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229199.

EEN 297, CBS 06593 artifact entry (No. P229199). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229199 (Original work published 2003)

EEN 297, CBS 06593 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229199 (Accessed: April 22, 2025).

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	month = {jul 22},
	title = {EEN 297, {CBS} 06593 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229199},
}

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