SLFN 73, 3N-T905,211 (P229266)

Lexical prism 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

Penn —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Prism

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Piece of a rectangular prism, probably side 2. Very few traces of side 3 preserved, not copied in SLFN. Collated December 1995. Bad photographs.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

object prism
surface a1
  broken
surface a2
column 1
  (traces)
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. gesz PAD-|SI.A|-GISAL#?-[...]-ma2#
2'. gesz ma2-du3
3'. gesz pesz-ma2-du3
4'. gesz usz2-ma2-du3
5'. gesz durgul
6'. gesz ma2-durgul
7'. gesz zi-gan*
8'. [...]-zi#-[...]
  beginning broken
surface a3
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] szid#-[...]
2'. [...] szid-[...]
3'. gesz# szid#-[...]
4'. gesz x [...]
  rest broken
column 2
  broken
surface a4
  broken
surface b1
  broken
surface b2
  broken

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: Prism
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Piece of a rectangular prism, probably side 2. Very few traces of side 3 preserved, not copied in SLFN. Collated December 1995. Bad photographs.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: SLFN, 73, 3N-T905,211

    [Heimerdinger1979SLFN] Heimerdinger, Jane W. 1979. Sumerian Literary Fragments from Nippur. Vol. 4. Occasional Publications of the Babylonian Fund. Philadelphia : Distributed by the Babylonian Fund, University Museum.

  • history: Veldhuis EEN, p. 293

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

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0905,211
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-29 at 15:20:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-29 at 15:10:02 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
2018-01-09 at 21:00:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 03:03:55 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
“SLFN 73, 3N-T905,211 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229266.
SLFN 73, 3N-T905,211 artifact entry (No. P229266). (2024, June 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229266 (Original work published 2003)
SLFN 73, 3N-T905,211 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229266 (Accessed: May 6, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 29},
	title = {SLFN 73, 3N-{T905},211 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229266},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229266},
}

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