MSL 14, 026 Hy (P229205)

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

N 4953

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: P-Ea; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Upper right corner. Obv. Proto Ea MSL 14 source Hy. Large script, aligned. Rev. gi#. Smaller script, well written.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

reverse
column 1
  1 column traces
column 2
  traces of 1 line
  1 line missing
3'. gesz pi-[...]
4'. gesz u3-luh#-[...]
5'. gesz ga2-li#
6'. gesz an-na-[...]
7'. gesz ki-ta-[...]
8'. gesz sza3!-ta-zu2-[...]
9'. gesz nig2-ki-luh-nimbar#
10'. gesz nig2-ga2-[...]
11'. gesz pesz-nimbar#
12'. gesz pesz-murgu-nimbar
13'. gesz pesz-banda3-zi-nimbar
14'. gesz asal2#
15'. gesz asal2-kur
16'. gesz asal2-du10
17'. gesz NE-asal2
18'. gesz numun-asal2
column 3
1'. [...]-sag#-EZEN#
2'. [...] i-ri9-na
3'. [...] a-i-ri9-na
4'. gesz# gilim-an-na
5'. gesz gilim-abzu?
6'. gesz u3-luh
7'. gesz pa-ku5
8'. gesz as4-lum
9'. gesz |LAGABxA|-da
10'. [...] dib-LAGAB
11'. [...] x-u5
12'. [...]-ha-ia3
13'. [...]-UR
14'. [...]-gi
15'. [...]-bala#

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: P-Ea; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Upper right corner. Obv. Proto Ea MSL 14 source Hy. Large script, aligned. Rev. gi#. Smaller script, well written.)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) Q000039 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P229205

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 N 4953
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 573543
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.4953
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229205
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229205

References

  • primary: MSL 14, 026 Hy

    [Civil1979MSL14] Civil, Miguel. 1979. Ea A = Naqu, Aa A = Naqu, with Their Forerunners and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 14.

  • history: MSL 9, 115

    [Landsberger1967MSL9] Sigrist, Marcel, and Benno Landsberger. 1967. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 9. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

  • history: Veldhuis EEN, p. 300

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 02:57:24 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

“MSL 14, 026 Hy Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P229205.
MSL 14, 026 Hy artifact entry (No. P229205). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229205 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 14, 026 Hy artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229205 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 14, 026 {Hy} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229205},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229205},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P229205
LB  - CDLI:P229205
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - MSL 14, 026 Hy artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229205
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 14, 026 Hy Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P229205.
MSL 14, 026 Hy artifact entry (No. P229205). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229205 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 14, 026 Hy artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229205 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 14, 026 {Hy} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229205},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229205},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P229205
LB  - CDLI:P229205
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - MSL 14, 026 Hy artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229205
ER  -
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