PBS 12, 15 (P230217)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04594 + N 7192

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)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has fragments

tablet
obverse
1. szurum
2. szurum gu4!
3. si!(LAGAB) szu-ru#
4. sig4 szu-ru#
5. a-gar-[...]
6. apin-[la2]
7. [engar]
8. [apin]
9. szag4-[...]
10. gu4-u4 [usz]
11. gu4-u4 da-ri#
12. gu4-u4-da na#-[gad]
13. gu4-u4-du [...]
14. lu2 sa-[gaz]
15. lu2 hun-[ga2]
16. lu2 sze-kin [ku5]
17. lu2 sze ur4-[ur4]
18. lu2 sze ki?#-kesz2#-[...]
19. lu2 sze il2-il2#
20. lu2 sze bad
21. lu2# <sze> la2
22. [lu2] sze la2 ki-ta#
23. [lu2] sze bala-la#
24. [lu2] ab-[la2]
  1 line traces
reverse
1'. gu4-u4 da# [...]
2'. gu4-u4-da na#-gada#
3'. lu2 sa-gaz
4'. lu2 hun-ga2!
5'. lu2 sze-kin ku5
6'. lu2 sze ur4-ur4
7'. lu2 sze ki-kesz2!-da
8'. lu2 sze il2-il2
9'. lu2 sze bad
10'. lu2 sze du3-a
11'. lu2 sze la2
12'. lu2 sze la2 ki-ta
13'. lu2 sze bala-la
14'. lu2 ab-la2
15'. lu2 al-la ak-a
16'. lu2 nig2-gul ak-a
17'. lu2 nig2-ku5-da ak-a
18'. lu2 lag ri-ri-ga
19'. gun
20'. gun-bi
21'. gun-bi-ne-ne
22'. gun a-szag4-ga
23'. gun {gesz}kiri6
24'. gun sze
25'. gun sze-gesz-i3
26'. gun zu2-lum-ma#

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Forerunners ki-ulutin-bi-sze3)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PBS 12, 15

    [Langdon1917PBS12] Langdon, Stephen H. 1917. Sumerian Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 12. University Museum, Philadelphia.

  • history: MSL 5, 49 V7

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

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  • Museum No.: CBS 04594 + N 7192
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 09:23:40 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
2023-06-01 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
2008-05-26 at 03:38:50 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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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 12, 15  Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230217.
PBS 12, 15  artifact entry (No. P230217). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230217 (Original work published 2003)
PBS 12, 15  artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230217 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {PBS 12, 15  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230217},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230217},
}

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