EEN 321, CBS 07935 (P230207)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07935

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: Not preserved Right bottom corner of a type II tablet. On obverse a pupil's column is partly preserved. To the right another column is empty (with rulings to align the GI$ signs). Reverse almost completely erased, apparently prepared for rewriting.)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

obverse
column 1
1'. [...]-kur#-ra#
2'. [...]-dilmun#-na
3'. [...]-al-ku5-da
4'. [...]-al-szab
5'. [...]-al-ug5
6'. [...]-al-gaz-za

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: Not preserved Right bottom corner of a type II tablet. On obverse a pupil's column is partly preserved. To the right another column is empty (with rulings to align the GI$ signs). Reverse almost completely erased, apparently prepared for rewriting.)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Composites

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P230207

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
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 CBS 07935
Accession Number

References

  • primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 321, CBS 7935

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2008-05-26 at 03:37:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“EEN 321, CBS 07935 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230207.
EEN 321, CBS 07935 artifact entry (No. P230207). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230207 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 321, CBS 07935 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230207 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
@misc{2023EEN,
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 321, {CBS} 07935 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230207},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230207},
}

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TI  - EEN 321, CBS 07935 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“EEN 321, CBS 07935 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230207.
EEN 321, CBS 07935 artifact entry (No. P230207). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230207 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 321, CBS 07935 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230207 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
@misc{2023EEN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 321, {CBS} 07935 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230207},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230207},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P230207
LB  - CDLI:P230207
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - EEN 321, CBS 07935 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230207
ER  - 
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