OIP 011, 070 (P230310)

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 04808 + N 6233 + N 7564

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh4 (st Tablet is cut in two deliberately. Both sides birds, but clearly type II.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1'. [ga]-nu11{muszen}
2'. nuz# ga-nu11{muszen}
3'. amar ga-nu11{muszen}
4'. ga-kid{muszen}
5'. ti-gi4-lu{muszen}
6'. giri3-pap{muszen}
7'. giri3-mul{muszen}
8'. giri3-babbar{muszen}
9'. kir4-babbar{muszen}
10'. {d}ha#-ia3#{muszen}
11'. kur-gi4{muszen}
12'. kur-gi4 szu-ur3-ra{muszen}
13'. um{muszen}
14'. u5-sim{muszen}
15'. u5-sim-hur{muszen}
16'. [u5]-dar#{muszen}
17'. [u5]-tum12{muszen}
18'. [a12]-ra2#-bu{muszen}
19'. [a12]-ra2-min3{muszen}
20'. tum12{muszen}
21'. tum12-gur4{muszen}
22'. tum12-i-bi2{muszen}
23'. ir7-sag{muszen#}
24'. amar-sag[{muszen}]
25'. su!(|UDxU+U+U|)-din[{muszen}]
reverse
column 1
1. u5[{muszen}]
2. u5-bi2#{muszen}
3. e-ze2{muszen}
4. a-za3-gun3{muszen}
5. mi-sa-az?{muszen}
6. gambi(|SAL.USZ.KID.SA|){muszen}
7. dar{muszen}
8. dar lugal{muszen}
9. dar zi-zi#[{muszen}]
10. dar# [...]
11. [...]{muszen}
12. szag4#-hab2#{muszen}
13. buru4{muszen}
14. buru4 hur{muszen}
15. buru4 nita{muszen}
16. uga{muszen}
17. uga-MU{muszen}
18. SAG-pesz2{muszen}
19. ka-sukud-ra2{muszen}
20. szu#-lu2{muszen}
21. [iri]-hul-a{muszen}
22. u3-ku-ku{muszen}
23. u3-ku-ku-usz2{muszen}
24. [{d}]ni2-namma{muszen}
25. [{d}]ni2-namma-masz{muszen}
26. anzu(|[AN].IM.DUGUD|)#{muszen}
27. [nuz] anzu(|[AN].IM.DUGUD|)#{muszen}
28. [amar] anzu(|[AN].IM.DUGUD|)#{muszen}
column 2
1'. nuz [bibad{muszen}]
2'. amar bibad(|(SZE.HU)#.[TUR]|)[{muszen}]
3'. inim-bala#-[bala{muszen}]
4'. |KI?#.[X]|
  1 line missing
6'. gi6?#[{muszen}]
7'. sze21[{muszen}]
8'. LU[{muszen}]
9'. buru5[{muszen}]
  9 lines missing
19'. te8#?[{muszen}]
20'. te8#-[uz{muszen}]
21'. uz?#-[...]
22'. uz#-[...]
23'. uz#-[...]

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh4 (st Tablet is cut in two deliberately. Both sides birds, but clearly type II.)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000041 (OB Nippur Ura 04) composite (P498271) Q000041 View the score

Record

P230310 lead; join noted by Peterson email 18.11.14P230310 lead; join noted by Peterson email 18.11.14

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P230310

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation Fragmented

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 04808 + N 6233 + N 7564
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 580833 + 580834 + 580835
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.4808 + N.6233 + N.7564
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P230310
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P230310

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 03:43:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 070 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230310.
OIP 011, 070 artifact entry (No. P230310). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230310 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 070 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230310 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).
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	month = {jul 22},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230310},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 070 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230310.
OIP 011, 070 artifact entry (No. P230310). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230310 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 070 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230310 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {OIP 011, 070 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230310},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230310},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P230310
LB  - CDLI:P230310
M1  - 2026/10/12/
TI  - OIP 011, 070 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230310
ER  -
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