OIP 011, 221 (+) 241 (P230215)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 05819 (+) CBS 10296

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Forerunners ki-ulutin-bi-sze3 Canonical HhII (MSL 5, 49). Unilinual? MB. Same exercise repeated various times.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has fragments

Text

Obverse and reverse have
approximately the same exercise (as in CBS 4594)
tablet
obverse
1. nam-szesz-[...]
2. nam-ad-da#-[...]
3. nam-ab-ba#-[...]
4. nam-lu2-DI#-[...]
5. nam-lugal#-[...]
6. nam-arad#-[...]
7. nam-zu2-[kesz2-...]
8. zu2#-kesz2# [...]
n lines broken
1'. [...]-an#-szum2
2'. [...]-an#-szum2
3'. in#-gar-ra
4'. in#-gar-ra
5'. in#-gar
6'. in#-gar-e-me-esz
7'. in-dib
8'. in-dib-e-me-esz
9'. in-hun
10'. in-hun-e-me-esz
11'. in-sar
12'. in-sar-e-me-esz
13'. ba-an-kur9-kur9
14'. nu-ba-an-kur9-kur9
reverse
1. nam-szesz-a#-[...]
2. nam-ad-da-a#-[...]
3. nam-ab-ba-a#-[...]
4. nam-lu2-DI-a#-[...]
5. nam-lugal-a#-[...]
6. nam-zu2-kesz2 ib2#?-[...]
7. zu2-kesz2 mu#-[...]
8. 6(disz) gin2 A#? [...]
9. bi2-in#-[...]
10. nu-bi2-[...]
11. ba-ab#-[...]
12. nu-ba#-[...]
13. ka na4#? [...]
n lines traces

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Consult word list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
This artifact is composed of fragments.
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Forerunners ki-ulutin-bi-sze3 Canonical HhII (MSL 5, 49). Unilinual? MB. Same exercise repeated various times.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: OIP 11, 221 (+) 241

[Chiera1929OIP11] Chiera, Edward. 1929. Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur. Vol. 11. Oriental Institute Publications. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/oip-11-cuneiform-series-volume-i-sumerian-lexical-texts-temple-school.
history: MSL 5, 49 V9 (listed as CBS 05919) (+) V10

[Landsberger1957MSL5] Landsberger, Benno. 1957. The Series HAR-Ra Hubullu. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 5.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 05819 (+) CBS 10296
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced:
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-02 at 09:23:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2008-05-26 at 03:38:26	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (580877) (580877)
Penn Museum (580876) (580876)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.5819) (CBS.5819)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.10296) (CBS.10296)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P230215) (P230215)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P230215) (P230215)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes:

P230215 leadP230215 lead

Cite this Artifacts

“OIP 011, 221 (+) 241 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230215.

OIP 011, 221 (+) 241 artifact entry (No. P230215). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230215 (Original work published 2003)

OIP 011, 221 (+) 241 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230215 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

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	title = {OIP 011, 221 (+) 241 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230215},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“OIP 011, 221 (+) 241 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230215.

OIP 011, 221 (+) 241 artifact entry (No. P230215). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230215 (Original work published 2003)

OIP 011, 221 (+) 241 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230215 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {OIP 011, 221 (+) 241 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230215},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230215},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - OIP 011, 221 (+) 241 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230215
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