EEN 331, N 5108 (P229247)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 5108

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) Chip. good writing, rather big. Either II/1, or type I text. Copy in collations. Gi# ig items. May be same tablet as CBS 6003 + 6369 (if so, it is a type I tablet, this fragment being obv. and CBS 6003+ rev.). Beginning of tablet II. Bad photograph.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

obverse
column 1
1'. [...] ig#-gal#
2'. [...] ig#-i3
3'. [...] ig#-i3-szesz2#
4'. [...]-li#
5'. [...]-ze2#-na#

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Chip. good writing, rather big. Either II/1, or type I text. Copy in collations. Gi# ig items. May be same tablet as CBS 6003 + 6369 (if so, it is a type I tablet, this fragment being obv. and CBS 6003+ rev.). Beginning of tablet II. Bad photograph.)
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/P229247

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 N 5108
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 573669
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.5108
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229247
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229247

References

  • primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 331, N 5108

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 03:01:48 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 331, N 5108 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P229247.
EEN 331, N 5108 artifact entry (No. P229247). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229247 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 331, N 5108 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229247 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 331, {N} 5108 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229247},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229247},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“EEN 331, N 5108 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P229247.
EEN 331, N 5108 artifact entry (No. P229247). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229247 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 331, N 5108 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229247 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2023EEN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 331, {N} 5108 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229247},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229247},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P229247
LB  - CDLI:P229247
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - EEN 331, N 5108 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229247
ER  -
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