AfO 29/30, 027, CBS 07872 (P229268)

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

CBS 07872

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (lexical; Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

obverse
column 1
1. gesz ba-amar
2. gesz ba-sze

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:
lentil
Material: Clay
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Artifact comments:
lentil

Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (lexical; Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: AfO 29/30 (pp. 18-45), 027, CBS 07872

[Falkowitz1983AfO29/30] Falkowitz, Robert S. 1983-1984. “Round Old Babylonian School Tablets from Nippur.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 29/30: 18–45.
history: Veldhuis EEN, p. 328

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 07872
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-12 at 10:16:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 08:05:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-07 at 13:50:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-05 at 18:26:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2008-05-26 at 03:04:12	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (582638) (582638)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.7872) (CBS.7872)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P229268) (P229268)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P229268) (P229268)

Composites

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 Artifacts

“AfO 29/30, 027, CBS 07872 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229268.

AfO 29/30, 027, CBS 07872 artifact entry (No. P229268). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229268 (Original work published 2003)

AfO 29/30, 027, CBS 07872 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229268 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {AfO 29/30, 027, {CBS} 07872 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229268},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229268},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AfO 29/30, 027, CBS 07872 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229268.

AfO 29/30, 027, CBS 07872 artifact entry (No. P229268). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229268 (Original work published 2003)

AfO 29/30, 027, CBS 07872 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229268 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {AfO 29/30, 027, {CBS} 07872 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229268},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229268},
}

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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229268
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