CDLI Literary 000482, ex. 016 (P229875)

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

CBS 06668

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. Lipiteshtar B; Rev. ku//3-d. names.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. ad gi4-gi4
2'-4'. inim#-ma nu-kusz2-u3 gal# zu# ka-asz bar ug3-e si sa2
5'-6'. gesztu2 dagal nig2#-nam gal-le-esz zu
7'-8'. di kur-kur-ra-ke4 si sa2-e-de3#
9'. inim# sza3#-ga# gal2#-la#
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
  (to be done, list of PNs)
  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. Lipiteshtar B; Rev. ku//3-d. names.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: PBS 11/3, 064

    [Chiera1919PBS11/3] Chiera, Edward. 1919. Lists of Personal Names from the Temple School of Nippur: Lists of Sumerian Personal Names. Publications of the Babylonian Section 11/3.

  • history: JCS 30 (pp. 33-61), 034 I

    [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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  • Museum No.: CBS 06668
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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
2024-07-25 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 07:33:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Zólyomi, Gábor CDLI approved View
2015-02-17 at 07:32:27 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 Literary 000482 (Lipit-Ishtar B) composite (P478812) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000482, Ex. 016 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229875.
CDLI Literary 000482, ex. 016 artifact entry (No. P229875). (2024, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229875 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000482, ex. 016 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229875 (Accessed: May 18, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000482, ex. 016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229875},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229875},
}


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