MSL 13, 015 C2 (P229581)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 5823

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (lexical; Proto-Izi; 3 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (lexical; Proto-Izi; 3 lines)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P229581
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P229581

Physical information

lentil

Artifact type	Tablet lentil
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 5823
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	574698
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.5823
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P229581

References

primary: MSL 13, 015 C2

[Civil1971MSL13] Civil, Miguel, and Erica Reiner. 1971. Izi = Išātu, Ká-Gal = Abullu, and Níg-Ga = Makkūru. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 13.
history: AfO 29/30 (pp. 18-45), 034

[Falkowitz1983AfO29/30] Falkowitz, Robert S. 1983-1984. “Round Old Babylonian School Tablets from Nippur.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 29/30: 18–45.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-12 at 10:16:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-05 at 09:33:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 08:05:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-07 at 13:50:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-05 at 18:26:58	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	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 13, 015 C2 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229581.

MSL 13, 015 C2 artifact entry (No. P229581). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229581 (Original work published 2003)

MSL 13, 015 C2 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229581 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229581},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 13, 015 C2 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229581.

MSL 13, 015 C2 artifact entry (No. P229581). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229581 (Original work published 2003)

MSL 13, 015 C2 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229581 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {MSL 13, 015 {C2} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229581},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229581},
}

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