EEN 315, CBS 06466 (P229206)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06466

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: H Bottom part of type II tablet. Obv. few signs, rev. gi#. Obv. may be GI, lines 176-179: [gi-dur-ga]l [gi-dur]-sig? [gi-nig2]-gilim [gi-x-gi]lim?-DU?)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  CBS 06466
tablet
obverse
1. [{gi}dur] gal#
2. [{gi}dur] sig?
3. [{gi}nig2]-gilim
4. [...] gilim#-DU#
  rest of column broken
reverse
column 1
  traces
  jisz ma2 items
column 2
1'. gesz# gag#-|ENxGAN2@t|#
2'. gesz kab-bar#
3'. gesz gigir
4'. gesz# e2-gigir
5'. [...] e2-usan3-gigir
6'. [...]-gigir
7'. [...]-gigir

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: H Bottom part of type II tablet. Obv. few signs, rev. gi#. Obv. may be GI, lines 176-179: [gi-dur-ga]l [gi-dur]-sig? [gi-nig2]-gilim [gi-x-gi]lim?-DU?)
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/P229206

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 06466
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 581214
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.6466
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229206
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229206

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 02:57:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“EEN 315, CBS 06466 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229206.
EEN 315, CBS 06466 artifact entry (No. P229206). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229206 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 315, CBS 06466 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229206 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229206},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229206},
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Cite this Artifact

“EEN 315, CBS 06466 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229206.
EEN 315, CBS 06466 artifact entry (No. P229206). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229206 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 315, CBS 06466 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229206 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {EEN 315, {CBS} 06466 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229206},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229206},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229206
LB  - CDLI:P229206
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - EEN 315, CBS 06466 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229206
ER  -
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