EEN 306, CBS 10793 (P229245)

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 10793

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Obv. empty, line drawings. Rev. gi#.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

reverse
column 1
1'. [...] sza3#-kal#
2'. gesz kin2#
3'. gesz gi6#
4'. gesz gesztin#
5'. gesz gesztin-kir4
6'. gesz gesztin-ka5-a
7'. gesz gesztin-gam-ma
8'. gesz# pesz3#
9'. gesz haszhur-haszhur#
10'. gesz haszhur-kur-ra
11'. gesz sze-du10
12'. gesz sze-nu
13'. gesz sze-sze
14'. gesz szinig
15'. gesz szinig-dili
16'. gesz szinig-kur-ra
column 2
  1 line missing
2'. [...] ab#-ba
3'. [...]-ra
4'. [...]-luh#-ha
5'. [...]-par4#
6'. [...] ma#-nu
7'. [...] ma#-nu-[...]-a-AK
8'. [...] ma#-nu-szu-a-AK

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Obv. empty, line drawings. Rev. gi#.)
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

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P229245

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 10793
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 584950
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.10793
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229245
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229245

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 03:01:31 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 Artifacts

“EEN 306, CBS 10793 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229245.
EEN 306, CBS 10793 artifact entry (No. P229245). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229245 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 306, CBS 10793 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229245 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229245},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229245},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“EEN 306, CBS 10793 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229245.
EEN 306, CBS 10793 artifact entry (No. P229245). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229245 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 306, CBS 10793 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229245 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {EEN 306, {CBS} 10793 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229245},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229245},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229245
LB  - CDLI:P229245
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - EEN 306, CBS 10793 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229245
ER  -
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