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

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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

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Witness

  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

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • 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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 06466
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2008-05-26 at 02:57:32 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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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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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: August 12, 2025).
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	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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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: August 12, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {EEN 315, {CBS} 06466 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229206},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229206},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229206
LB  - CDLI:P229206
M1  - 2025/8/12/
TI  - EEN 315, CBS 06466 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229206
ER  -
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