PBS 11/2, 013 (P229370)

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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Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 05887

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: list of PN's (unidentified/general) Bad photograph; reverse only.)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: list of PN's (unidentified/general) Bad photograph; reverse only.)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P229370
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P229370

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 05887
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	580640
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.5887
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P229370

References

primary: PBS 11/2, 013

[Chiera1916PBS11/2] Chiera, Edward. 1916. Lists of Personal Names from the Temple School of Nippur: Lists of Akkadian Personal Names. Publications of the Babylonian Section 11/2.
history: OIP 11, p.15 (unpub. dup.)

[Chiera1929OIP11] Chiera, Edward. 1929. Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur. Vol. 11. Oriental Institute Publications. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/oip-11-cuneiform-series-volume-i-sumerian-lexical-texts-temple-school.
history: Veldhuis EEN, p. 314

[Veldhuis1997EEN] Veldhuis, Niek. 1997. “Elementary Education at Nippur. The Lists of Trees and Wooden Objects.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
citation: ZA 101 (pp. 246–73), 266

[Peterson2011ZA101] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2011. “The Personal Name Lists in the Scribal Curriculum of Old Babylonian Nippur: An Overview.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 101: 246–73.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-16 at 14:41:15	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
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 11/2, 013 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229370.

PBS 11/2, 013 artifact entry (No. P229370). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229370 (Original work published 2003)

PBS 11/2, 013 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229370 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	month = {jul 22},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229370},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229370},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 11/2, 013 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229370.

PBS 11/2, 013 artifact entry (No. P229370). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229370 (Original work published 2003)

PBS 11/2, 013 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229370 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {PBS 11/2, 013 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229370},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229370},
}

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