CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 002 (P230163)

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 10181 + CBS 10207 + Ist Ni 10135

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical, Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (OB Nippur Ura 03 (witness); Rev: Metrological table or list Obv. wild animals (line 3: alim; 5: am-si. Rev. metrological.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [ka]-lab
2'. [su]-a
3'. [su-a]-ri
4'. alim#
5'. lulim#
6'. [am-si]
7'. [har-ra-an]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. ka-[lab]
2'. su-a#
3'. su-a-ri
4'. alim#
5'. lulim#
6'. am-si
7'. [har-ra]-an
  rest broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. [ka-lab]
2'. su#-[a]
3'. su-a-ri
4'. alim
5'. lulim
6'. am-si
7'. har-ra-an
  rest broken
reverse
  (columns read left to right)
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [1(u)] 5(disz)# [gur]
2'. 1(u)# 6(disz) gur#
3'. 1(u)# 7(disz) gur#
4'. 1(u) 8(disz) gur
5'. 1(u)# 9(disz) gur
6'. 2(u) gur
7'. 3(u) gur
8'. 4(u) gur
9'. [5(u)] gur#
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [n] gur
2'. [n] gur
3'. [n] gur
4'. [n] gur
5'. [n] 3(gesz'u)#? gur
6'. [n] gur
7'. [n] gur
8'. 2(szar2)# gur
9'. 3(szar2)# gur
10'. 4(szar2) gur
11'. 5(szar2) gur
12'. 6(szar2)# gur
13'. 7(szar2)# gur#
  rest broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. 1(szar'u)# 8(szar2)# gur
2'. 1(szar'u) 9(szar2) gur
3'. 2(szar'u@v) gur
4'. 3(szar'u@v) gur
5'. 4(szar'u@v) gur
6'. 5(szar'u@v) gur#
7'. 1(szargal){gal} gur
8'. 1(szargal){gal} szu nu-szid? gur
9'. 1(disz) sze ku3-babbar
10'. 2(disz) sze
11'. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) [sze]
12'. 3(disz) [sze]
  rest broken

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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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  • history: BE 20/1, 38 (CBS 10207)

    [Hilprecht1906BE20/1] Hilprecht, Hermann V. 1906. Mathematical, Metrological and Chronological Tablets from the Temple Library of Nippur. University of Pennsylvania Babylonian Expedition 20/1.

  • history: Proust, Christine, TMN 353 CBS 10181 + CBS 10207 + Ist Ni 10135 (wild animals

    [sec33387] N.d.

  • history: metrology)

    [sec33388] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 10181 + CBS 10207 + Ist Ni 10135
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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    CBS 10207: Nippur III, Temple Lib., Tablet Hill

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune 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
2015-06-15 at 19:44:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-08-30 at 08:25:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-08-29 at 02:15:58 Firth, Richard Atf Proust, Christine CDLI approved View
2014-07-11 at 02:57:21 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2013-12-14 at 11:55:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 03:32:13 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 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Lexical 000001, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230163.
CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P230163). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230163 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 002 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230163 (Accessed: May 19, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {CDLI {Lexical} 000001, ex. 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230163},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230163},
}


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