ZA 087, 219 (P229222)

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 06599 + HS 1616 + HS 1844

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Join HS numbers Oelsner & Veldhuis. Obv. OB-LU//2, lines 237-251 (omitting 242a). Left teacher's example. The right part is covered with a new surface of clay, smoothed over old writing. The old writing is partly visible, very probably the same text. The)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Witness

tablet
obverse
1. |SAL+LAGAR|#
  MU |SAL+LAGAR| |SAL+LAGAR|#
2. |[SAL]+LAGAR|#
  |SAL+LAGAR|# |SAL+LAGAR|
3. |SAL+LAGAR|#
  |SAL+LAGAR|# |SAL+LAGAR|#
4. |SAL+LAGAR|
  |SAL+LAGAR| |SAL+LAGAR|
5. |EN.ME.GI4|
  |EN#.ME.GI4!| |EN#.ME.GI4!|
6. |EN.ME.LI|
  |EN.ME.LI| |EN.ME.LI|
7. kiszib-gal2
  kiszib-jal2# kiszib-jal2
8. kiszib-la2
  kiszib-la2 kiszib-la2
9. enkum
  enkum(|EN.PAP...|)#
10. ninkum
  ninkum(|NIN.PAP...|)#
11. |NUN#.ME|
  |NUN.MENUN.ME|#
12. |NUN.ME.DU|
  |NUN.ME.DUNUN.ME.DU|#
13. ara
  ara ara#
14. SAL# ara
  MUNUS [ara MUNUS] ara#
15. sanga2
  sanga2 sanga2#
  1 line missing
17. [a]-bi-gal
  a-bi#-[gal] [...]
18. KUSZU2#-{d}inanna
  UH3-{d}inanna# [...]
19. szita#-{d}inanna
  szita-{d}inanna# [...]
20. [x] lukur
  lukur# [...]
  broken
reverse
column 1
1. gesz ig#
2. gesz ig-gal#
3. gesz ig-i3
4. gesz# ig-li
5. [...] ig#-szesz2-na
6. [...] ig#-dib-ba
7. [...]-suh4
8. [...]-u3-ma
  1 line missing
10. [...] ig#-[...]
11. gesz ig-[...]-KU
12. gesz ig-pa-pah#
13. gesz ig-masz-tab-ba
14. gesz ig-ba-sza3-ga
15. [...] ig-ka2-tilla2
16. [...] ig-e2-gal#-la#
17. gesz# suku5#-ig#
18. gesz# u3-ig
19. gesz# u4-sakar-ig#
20. gesz bar-du3-ig
21. gesz dun3-ig
22. gesz ir-ig#
23. gesz SZU-DI-ig#
24. gesz SZU-DI#
25. gesz nu-kusz2-u3
26. gesz nu-kusz2-u3-[...]
27. gesz nu-kusz2-u3-ki#-[...]
28. gesz sag#-kul#
29. [...] sag#-[...]-nim#-ma#
30. [...]-kul#-la2
31. [...]-gar
  1 line missing
column 2
  traces of 1 line
2. gesz mud#
3. gesz gag-mud#
4. gesz [...]
5. gesz TAG-TUG2#
6. gesz kur-ra
7. gesz nir?-ra
8. gesz UR2-il2
9. gesz bar-bar
10. gesz# tug2-tug2
11. [...] nig2-zu#
12. [...] nig2#-gi#-[...]
13. gesz NA?-x [...]
14. gesz il2#?-[...]
15. gesz menbulug2
16. gesz a2-szu-du7-tug2-ga
17. gesz ga-rig2
18. gesz ga-rig2-siki
19. gesz ga-rig2-sag#-du
20. gesz ga-rig2-pa#-muszen#-na#
21. gesz ga-rig2-e2-pa#-na#
22. gesz bala
23. gesz e2-bala
24. gesz sag#-bala
25. gesz BAR?-bala
26. gesz me-te-bala
27. gesz U LAGAB
28. gesz U LAGAB
29. gesz LAGAB
30. gesz# BU#
31. gesz BU
32. gesz BU
33. gesz BU
column 3
1'. gesz apin#-[...]
2'. gesz apin-gu4#-[...]
3'. gesz sag-apin#
4'. gesz eme-apin
5'. gesz ka-szu2-apin
6'. gesz szu-sza#-GUM?-apin
7'. gesz igi#-gal2#?-apin
8'. gesz nig2-ku5-apin
9'. gesz nig2-gesztu-apin
10'. gesz sal!-la#-apin
11'. [...]-la#-apin
12'. [...] nig#-apin
13'. gesz gag-nig-apin
14'. gesz da-apin
15'. gesz szudul-apin
column 4
1'. gesz#
2'. gesz [...]
3'. gesz [...]
4'. gesz [...]
5'. gesz [...]
6'. nu-[...]
7'. gesz# al#-zu2#-4(disz)
8'. gesz u3-szub-dur2
9'. gesz u3-szub-ab-ba
10'. gesz u3-szub-sig4
11'. gesz u3-szub-sig4#-[...]-ur5#-ra
12'. gesz gag-du6-[...]
13'. gesz gag-zi?#-[...]
14'. gesz gag-zi?#-[...]

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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation:
  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Join HS numbers Oelsner & Veldhuis. Obv. OB-LU//2, lines 237-251 (omitting 242a). Left teacher's example. The right part is covered with a new surface of clay, smoothed over old writing. The old writing is partly visible, very probably the same text. The)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 06599 + HS 1616 + HS 1844
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-03 at 09:18:56 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-31 at 12:36:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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 02:59:06 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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

P229222 lead; join info form Oelsner & Veldhuis P229222 lead; join info form Oelsner & Veldhuis

Cite this Artifact
“ZA 087, 219 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229222.
ZA 087, 219 artifact entry (No. P229222). (2024, September 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229222 (Original work published 2003)
ZA 087, 219 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229222 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
@misc{2024ZA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 3},
	title = {ZA 087, 219 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229222},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229222},
}


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PY  - 2024
ID  - P229222
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M1  - 2025/5/17/
TI  - ZA 087, 219 artifact entry
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