CDLI Literary 000482, ex. 027 (P229666)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 4960

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical, Literary (ETCSL 2.05.05.02 Lipit-Ishtar B ('Tetrad no. 1') (witness) Obv. Literary LiE B.; Rev: Nigga)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. gal#?
2'. ki#-gal
3'. kislah{ki-is2-la-ah}
  written KI{ki-is2-la-ah}UD
4'. |KI.UD|
5'. |KI.UD|
6'. |KI.UD|
7'. |KI.KAL|
8'. |KI.KAL|{x-di-na}
  written KI{x-di-na}KAL
9'. |KI.KAL.BAD|#
  rest broken
column 2
  broken
reverse
column 1
  broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'-2'. [munus zi dub]-sar#? [nin] nig2#-nam# zu
3'. [si?-zu im]-ma si ba-ni-in-sa2
4'-5'. [sza3 dub-ba]-ka [gu-szum2] mi-ni-sa6-sa6
6'-7'. [gi-dub]-ba# ku3-sig17-ka [szu] mu-ri-in-gun3
8'. [gi 1(disz)] ninda# esz2-GAN2 za-gin3
9'-10'. [{gesz}as4-lum le]-mu-um [igi-gal2 szum2]-mu
  rest broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Lexical, Literary (ETCSL 2.05.05.02 Lipit-Ishtar B ('Tetrad no. 1') (witness) Obv. Literary LiE B.; Rev: Nigga)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • history: MSL 13, 095 L2

    [Civil1971MSL13] Civil, Miguel, and Erica Reiner. 1971. Izi = Išātu, Ká-Gal = Abullu, and Níg-Ga = Makkūru. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 13.

  • history: JCS 30 (pp. 33-61), 061

    [Vanstiphout1978JCS30] Vanstiphout, Herman L. J. 1978. “Lipit-Eštar’s Praise in the Edubba.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 30 (1): 33–61. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1359932.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-09 at 13:25:34 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-05 at 09:33:17 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-25 at 09:29:17 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-02-17 at 07:50:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Zólyomi, Gábor CDLI approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000482 (Lipit-Ishtar B) composite (P478812) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000482, Ex. 027 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229666.
CDLI Literary 000482, ex. 027 artifact entry (No. P229666). (2024, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229666 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000482, ex. 027 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229666 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).
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	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000482, ex. 027 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229666},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229666},
}

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