EEN 304, N 6121 (P229227)

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

N 6121

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Upper left corner of type II tablet. Obv. gi# gigir, rev. gi# dilim//2; ma//2)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

obverse
column 1
1. [...] gigir
2. gesz e2-gigir
3. gesz e2-usan3-gigir
4. gesz SUM-KI-A-gigir
5. gesz kun-gigir
6. gesz sahar-gi4#-gigir
7. gesz su-din-gigir#
8. gesz su-lum-mar-[...]
9. gesz sag-BAL-gigir
10. gesz sag-dur2-gigir
11. gesz GUL-gigir#
12. gesz giri3#-[...]
reverse
column 1
1'. gesz BAD-[...]
2'. gesz sag-nu2#
3'. gesz X nu2#-x-[...]
4'. gesz [...]
5'. gesz [...]
6'. gesz dilim2-[...]
7'. gesz dilim2-[...]
8'. gesz dilim2-[...]
9'. gesz ma-TUM-tum
10'. gesz banszur#
11'. gesz banszur#-za3#-gu#-la#
12'. gesz banszur-za3-gar-[...]
13'. gesz ka-kara4
14'. gesz emerah
15'. gesz emerah-GAM-ga
16'. gesz# emerah-ti
17'. [...] x-za-nu-um
column 2
  traces of 1 line
2'. gesz tukul-nagax-si3#-[...]
3'. gesz# gan#-na?
  1 line illegible
5'. gesz eme-[...]
6'. gesz mi-ri2#-[...]
7'. gesz mi-[...]-za#-za3#-gi4#-a
8'. gesz ma2
9'. gesz ma2-gur
10'. gesz ma2-sig-ga?
11'. gesz ma2-X
12'. gesz ma2-u5
13'. gesz ma2-szu#-pesz
14'. gesz ma2-[...]
15'. gesz ma2-[...]
16'. [...] ma2-ma2-ri2

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 Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Upper left corner of type II tablet. Obv. gi# gigir, rev. gi# dilim//2; ma//2)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 304, N 6121

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

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  • Museum No.: N 6121
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 02:59:49 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 304, N 6121 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P229227.
EEN 304, N 6121 artifact entry (No. P229227). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229227 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 304, N 6121 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229227 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 304, {N} 6121 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229227},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229227},
}


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