EEN 312, HS 1647 (P229783)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

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Museum Collection(s)

Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

Museum Number

HS 1647

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Lower part of type II tablet. Dirty, difficult to read. Obv. Proto-Lu//2, lines 223-230. Probably two pupil's columns. Pupil's writing erased, but some traces of signs and vertical division lines still visible. Rev. beginning of gi#. Some deep incisions.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

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column 1
  1 line illegible
2. gesz esi
3. gesz nu11
4. gesz ha-lu-ub2
5. gesz sza3-kal
6. gesz gesztin kin2#
7. gesz gi6
8. gesz gesztin
9. gesz gesztin-X
10. gesz gesztin-X
11. gesz gesztin-[...]
12. gesz pesz3
13. gesz haszhur#
14. gesz haszhur#-kur#-ra#
15. gesz sze-nu
16. gesz sze-du10
17. gesz sze?-[...]
18. gesz szinig#
19. gesz szinig-dili
20. gesz szinig-kur-ra
21. gesz szarx(NE)-[...]-bid3#
22. gesz MES-szarx(NE)-[...]
23. gesz [...]
24. gesz# LAM
25. gesz# u3-suh5#
column 2
  1 line illegible
2. gesz# ab#-ba
3. [...]-ba-[...]-luh#-ha#
  4 lines missing
  5 lines illegible
10. [...]-da#
  2 lines illegible
13. gesz mes
  6 lines illegible
20. gesz gi#-[...]
21. gesz gi#-[...]
22. gesz zi-ir-dum
23. gesz ur-nu-um#
24. gesz ti#-[...]
column 3
  1 line illegible
2. gesz nimbar#-[...]
3. gesz nimbar#-[...]
8. gesz sza3#-nimbar#
9. gesz suhur#-nimbar#
10. gesz [...]
11. gesz [...]
12. gesz [...]
13. gesz [...]
14. gesz [...]
15. gesz [...]-ku5-[...]
16. gesz ze2-na-nimbar#
17. gesz zu2#-nimbar
column 4
1. gesz X [...]
2. gesz pesz-nimbar
3. gesz pesz-murgu-nimbar
4. gesz asal2(|A.TU#.GABA#.SZU2|)
5. gesz asal2(|A.[TU].GABA.SZU2|)-kur
6. gesz asal2#-du10#
7. gesz NE#-[...]
8. gesz numun#-[...]
  1 line illegible
10. gesz ad2#
11. gesz kiszi16
12. gesz kiszi16-har
13. gesz kiszi16-[...]-kur
14. gesz sa2-[...]-na2
15. gesz sa2-ma-zum#
16. gesz pesz7#-kal
17. [...] szu-KAL
18. [...] szu#-dab5-e

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 (Obv: OB Lú; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Lower part of type II tablet. Dirty, difficult to read. Obv. Proto-Lu//2, lines 223-230. Probably two pupil's columns. Pupil's writing erased, but some traces of signs and vertical division lines still visible. Rev. beginning of gi#. Some deep incisions.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 312, HS 1647

    [Veldhuis1997EEN] Veldhuis, Niek. 1997. “Elementary Education at Nippur. The Lists of Trees and Wooden Objects.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

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  • Museum No.: HS 1647
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-19 at 12:08:07 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2008-05-26 at 03:20:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“EEN 312, HS 1647 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P229783.
EEN 312, HS 1647 artifact entry (No. P229783). (2023, October 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229783 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 312, HS 1647 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229783 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 19},
	title = {EEN 312, {HS} 1647 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229783},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229783},
}


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