OIP 011, 016 (P229352)

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 06042 (+) CBS 06491 + N 6042

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV); Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXI)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. tu7 zahan#
 en: soup made with zaḫan
2'. tu7 zahan x
 en: soup made with zaḫan (...)
3'. tu7 zahan muszen
 en: soup made with zaḫan and bird (meat?
4'. tu7 lu-lu-bu-um
 en: Lullubean soup
5'. tu7 szu-kam!(HI)-ma
 en: soup for (daily) need?
6'. tu7 sza3-ga
 en: soup of the heart
7'. tu7 ge6
 en: black soup(?)
8'. tu7# muszen
 en: soup of bird
9'. [...] HI#
 en: ...
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
 en: ...
2'. x [...]
 en: ...
3'. {[kasz]}uluszin3#
 en: emmer beer
4'. {kasz}uluszin3#
 en: emmer beer
5'. {kasz}uluszin3 mah#
 en: premium emmer beer
6'. kasz u4 tab-ba#
 en: beer exposed to double sunlight?
7'. kasz u4 sal-[la]
 en: beer exposed to a narrow sunlight?
8'. kasz# [...]
 en: ... beer
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x USZ#?
 en: (...)
2'. [sa]-hi#-in
 en: yeast
3'. agarin4
 en: beer mash/dough
4'. bappir2
 en: dough and herbs used for making beer
5'. bappir2# SI-A
 en: ... dough and herbs used for making beer
6'. bappir# duru5
 en: soaked dough and herbs used for making beer
7'. bappir2# saga#
 en: good quality
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. [duh] ha#-ha#-la#
 en: filtered bran?
2'. duh# ha!-ha-la!(TUG2) du8
 en: (...) filtered bran?
3'. zi-kum
 en: whole grain flour?
4'. zi gu2-nida
 en: fine emmer flour?
5'. zi-sig15
 en: coarse flour
6'. zi-gu
 en: fine flour
7'. zi-gu saga
 en: good quality fine flour
8'. zi-gu gen
 en: ordinary quality fine flour
9'. zi-gu us2
 en: second quality fine flour
10'. dabin
 en: barley flour
11'. zi#-milla
 en: poor quality flour
  Akk kukkušu
12'. [zi] sze# sa-a
 en: flour made from roasted barley
13'. [zi]-dub#-dub#-bu#
 en: flour used for ritual purposes
14'. [...]-gi#
 en: (...)
column 5
  beginning broken
1'. ninda-i3-de2-a saga
 en: good quality pastry
2'. ninda-i3-de2-a gen
 en: ordinary quality pastry
3'. ninda-i3-de2-a i3-gesz
 en: pastry made with oil
4'. ninda-i3-de2-a i3-nun
 en: pastry made with ghee
5'. ninda-i3-de2-a i3 szah2
 en: pastry made with pig lard
6'. ninda-i3-de2-a i3 udu!(LU)
 en: pastry made with sheep tallow
7'. ninda-i3-de2-a lal3
 en: pastry made with honey/syrup
8'. ninda-i3-de2-a babbar
 en: white pastry
9'. ninda-i3-de2-a kukku5
 en: black pastry
10'. ninda-i3-de2-a su4-a
 en: red-brown pastry
11'. ninda-i3-de2-a tesz2-a se3#-[...]
 en: pastry with combined contents?
12'. ninda [...]
 en: ...
13'. ninda# [...]
 en: ...
14'. ninda# x [...]
 en: ...
reverse
column 1
1. [...] x
 en: ...
2. [ninda ki]-se3-[ga]
 en: bread for a funerary ritual
3. [ninda] ki# {d}[...]
 en: bread for a ki (...) ceremony
4. ninda igi an-[na]
 en: bread for an igi An ceremony
5. ninda sze gesz-[...]
 en: bread made with sesame/oilseed
6. ninda geszbun#
 en: bread for a banquet
7. ninda hi-ib-sa2#?
 en: type of pastry
8. ninda pa-an-du-nu#-[um]
 en: pandunum bread
9. ninda pa-na-ni-kum
 en: pannigu bread
10. ninda szu-kam-ma
 en: bread for (daily) need?
11. ninda RU
 en: ... bread
12. ninda RU zu2-lum-ma
 en: (...) bread made with dates?
13. ninda sze gibil!(NE)
 en: bread made with ripe grain
14. ninda sze sumun
 en: bread made with old grain
15. [ninda] sze-musz5
 en: bread made with musz barley
16. [ninda] harub#?-ba
 en: bread made with carobs
  few traces of what might be a KISIM5
  rest broken
column 2
1. [...]
 en: ...
2. [...]
 en: ...
3. ninda# garza
 en: bread for a garza rite?
4. ninda gi-izi-esz-ta
 en: cake made with honey
  Akkadian kamanum
5. ninda kurum6
 en: bread for a ration
6. ninda nindaba
 en: bread for a nidba offering
7. ninda# nig2-gu-la
 en: tabulated bread?
  to akk. niggulû
8. ninda dah-hu-um
 en: substitute bread
  akk. taḫḫum
9. ninda nu-esz3
 en: bread for the nu'esz official
10. ninda szu tak4-a
 en: bread for a gift
11. ninda# zi#-il#-kum#
 en: boiled bread
  akk. silqu
12. [...]-TE?
 en: (...)
13. [...] x
 en: ...
  rest broken
column 3
1. [...]
 en: ...
2. {+szi-[...]}[szim]
 en: aromatic
3. {+szi-im#}[szim]
 en: aromatic
4. {+szi-im}szim#
 en: aromatic
5. {+mu-lu-ug}SZIM
 en: aromatic substance
  gloss written in regular sign size.
6. {+nu-ug}SZIM
 en: aromatic substance
  gloss written in regular sign size.
7. szim hi-ib
 en: ... aromatic
8. szim hi-a
 en: various aromatics
9. szim li
 en: juniper resin
10. szim sze-li
 en: resin from juniper seeds
11. szim gi du10-ga
 en: resin of the good reed
12. szim GAM-GAM
 en: resin of the gurum tree
13. szim GAM-GAM-ma
 en: resin of the gurum tree
14. szim ar-ga-nu-um
 en: conifer resin
15. szim dam-szi#-[lum]
 en: resin of the damšilum plant
  rest broken
column 4
1. [...]
 en: ...
2. [...]
 en: ...
3. [...]
 en: ...
4. [sze in-nu]-ha#
 en: innuha barley
5. [sze ku5]-da#
 en: harvested grain
6. [sze nu-ku5]-da
 en: grain that is not harvested
7. [sze us2]-sa
 en: treaded grain
8. [sze nu]-us2#-sa
 en: grain that is not treaded
9. [sze nir]-ra
 en: winnowed grain
10. [sze nu-nir]-ra
 en: grain that is not winnowed
11. [...] x
 en: ...
12. [...] x
 en: ...
13. [...] x
 en: ...
  rest broken
column 5
1. [...]
 en: ...
2. [...]
 en: ...
3. [...]
 en: ...
4. haszhur!(MA) ba-za
 en: dwarf apple
5. haszhur!(MA) kur-di-lum
 en: apple of the kurdillum plant
  Akkadian kurdillu
6. haszhur!(MA) dam-szi-lum
 en: apple of the damszilum plant
7. mun#
 en: salt
8. mun#-gazi#?
 en: produce
9. [...] x
 en: ...
10. [...] x
 en: ...
11. [...] x
  rest broken
column 6
1. [...]
 en: ...
2. [...]
3. [u4-hi]-in# kukku5
 en: fresh black dates
4. [u4-hi]-in# su4-a
 en: fresh brown dates
5. [u4-hi]-in sig7-sig7
 en: fresh green dates
6. [u4-hi-in] TU?-te du11-ga
 en: fresh dates (...) in the evening?
7. u4#-hi#-in# sig7#-sig7#
 en: fresh yell0w-green dates
8. [u4-hi]-in# al-sze6#-[ga2]
 en: fresh cooked dates
9. u4-hi-in bar-tam#
 en: ... fresh dates
10. u4#-hi#-in# x x
 en: ... fresh dates
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV); Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXI)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P229352

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 06042 (+) CBS 06491 + N 6042
Accession Number

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-07 at 09:42:23 Firth, Richard Artifact 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
2017-03-13 at 07:50:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-03-13 at 07:50:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-07-22 at 12:40:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-05-26 at 03:09:17 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, 016 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229352.
OIP 011, 016 artifact entry (No. P229352). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229352 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 016 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229352 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 7},
	title = {OIP 011, 016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229352},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229352},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 016 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229352.
OIP 011, 016 artifact entry (No. P229352). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229352 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 016 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229352 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
@misc{2025OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 7},
	title = {OIP 011, 016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229352},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229352},
}

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DA  - 2025/3/7/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P229352
LB  - CDLI:P229352
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - OIP 011, 016 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229352
ER  - 
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