OIP 011, 153 (P229260)

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

CBS 06590

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) Bottom left corner of type II tablet. Obv. few traces; end of exercise; rev gi#. Copy essentially correct.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

reverse
column 1
  1 column traces
column 2
1. gesz suhur-gu4
2. gesz al
3. gesz al-zu2#
4. gesz al-szub
5. gesz al-zu2-2(disz)
6. gesz al-zu2-3(disz)
7. gesz al-zu2-4(disz)
8. gesz u3-szub#
9. gesz u3-szub#-[...]
10. gesz# u3-[...]

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Bottom left corner of type II tablet. Obv. few traces; end of exercise; rev gi#. Copy essentially correct.)
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

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P229260

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 06590
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 581321
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.6590
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229260
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229260

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 03:03:21 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 Artifact

“OIP 011, 153 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229260.
OIP 011, 153 artifact entry (No. P229260). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229260 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 153 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229260 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 153 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229260},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229260},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229260
LB  - CDLI:P229260
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - OIP 011, 153 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229260
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 153 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229260.
OIP 011, 153 artifact entry (No. P229260). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229260 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 153 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229260 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 153 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229260},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229260},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229260
LB  - CDLI:P229260
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - OIP 011, 153 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229260
ER  -
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