MSL 12, 191 R (P229551)

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 3269

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: lú-ázlag = aszlaku (OB Lú bilingual) Instructions to a Farmer; 7 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  N 3269
  translit from MSL 12, uncollated
  C1
tablet
obverse
1. [lu2] sze bad-ra2 = %a bi#-e#-i#-szum#
2. [lu2] sze gesz ra = %a ra-pi2-su
3. [lu2] sze bir ak = %a sza qu3-li-ip-ti
4. [lu2] sze sa-sa = %a mu-qa2-al-lu-u2
5. [lu2 sze] x#-HA = %a sza a-ba-ah-szi-in-ni
6. [lu2 a-ba-ah-szi-in] = %a sza# a-ba-ah-szi-in-[ni]
7. [lu2 ...] = %a [...]-x#-[...]

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: lú-ázlag = aszlaku (OB Lú bilingual) Instructions to a Farmer; 7 lines)
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 000302 (OB lu2-azlag2 B-C) composite (P499084) Q000302 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P229551

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 3269
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 571977
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.3269
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229551
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229551

References

  • primary: MSL 12, 191 R

    [Landsberger1969MSL12] Landsberger, Benno, Erica Reiner, and Marcel Sigrist. 1969. A Reconstruction of Sumerian and Akkadian Lexical Lists. Materials for Sumerian Lexicon 12. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 03:17:23 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 12, 191 R Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P229551.
MSL 12, 191 R artifact entry (No. P229551). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229551 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 12, 191 R artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229551 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 191 {R} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229551},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229551},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 12, 191 R Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P229551.
MSL 12, 191 R artifact entry (No. P229551). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229551 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 12, 191 R artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229551 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 12, 191 {R} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229551},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229551},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P229551
LB  - CDLI:P229551
M1  - 2026/4/23/
TI  - MSL 12, 191 R artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P229551
ER  -
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