OIP 011, 204 (P229301)

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 06584

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_)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  CBS 6584 = SLT 204
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [siki]
2. siki za-ri2-in#
3. siki sag10
4. siki gu2 [udu]
5. siki gu2-bar
6. siki [...]
7. siki SZID#-ma#
8. siki igi sag5#-[ga2]
9. siki igi sag5#-[ga2-...]
reverse
column 1
  illegible
column 2
1'. [...] apin-szu?#-[...]
2'. gesz [...]
3'. gesz apin-tug2-sig18#
4'. gesz apin-sag#-[...]
5'. gesz apin-gu4-[...]
6'. gesz sag-apin#
7'. gesz eme-apin
8'. gesz ka#-szu2#-apin
9'. gesz szu-sag-apin
10'. gesz nig2#-ku5-apin
11'. gesz nig2-gesztu-apin

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_)
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/P229301

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 06584
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 581316
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.6584
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229301
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229301

References

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
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 03:07:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 204 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229301.
OIP 011, 204 artifact entry (No. P229301). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229301 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 204 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229301 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229301},
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DA  - 2024/9/2/
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TI  - OIP 011, 204 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 204 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229301.
OIP 011, 204 artifact entry (No. P229301). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229301 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 204 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229301 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {OIP 011, 204 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229301},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229301},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P229301
LB  - CDLI:P229301
M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - OIP 011, 204 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229301
ER  -
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