MSL 10, 054 V22 (P229288)

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

N 6051

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_ School, lexical, Obv.ForeHh XVI; (Obv)(i)7x(Rev)(ii)9x(iii)7 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. {na4#}za#-gin3#
2. {na4#}za-gin3 duru5#
3. {na4}za-gin3 dili
4. {na4}za-gin3 za-la2-la2
5. {na4}za-gin3 gu2 tu{muszen}
6. {na4}za-gin3 gu2 bir5{muszen}
7. {na4}za-gin3 lu-ub2{sar}
8. {na4}ad za-gin3
9. {na4}ad-gu2# za-gin3
10. {na4}nig2-tag#-ga# za-gin3#
reverse
column 1
  illegible
column 2
1'. [...] szu-ur2#-min3
2'. gesz za-ba-lum
3'. gesz e-la-ma-kum
4'. gesz gi-ri2-lum
5'. gesz gi-rim
6'. gesz zi-TA?
7'. gesz ur-nu-um

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_ School, lexical, Obv.ForeHh XVI; (Obv)(i)7x(Rev)(ii)9x(iii)7 lines) School text
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/P229288

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 6051
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 574884
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.6051
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229288
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229288

References

  • primary: MSL 10, 054 V22

    [Landsberger1970MSL10] Reiner, Erica, and Benno Landsberger. 1970. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets XVI, XVII, XIX and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 10. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 09:21:20 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 03:06:13 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

“MSL 10, 054 V22 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229288.
MSL 10, 054 V22 artifact entry (No. P229288). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229288 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 10, 054 V22 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229288 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 10, 054 {V22} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229288},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229288},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229288
LB  - CDLI:P229288
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - MSL 10, 054 V22 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229288
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 10, 054 V22 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229288.
MSL 10, 054 V22 artifact entry (No. P229288). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229288 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 10, 054 V22 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229288 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 10, 054 {V22} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229288},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229288},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229288
LB  - CDLI:P229288
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - MSL 10, 054 V22 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229288
ER  -
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