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

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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

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#-[...]

Consult previous versions and their differences
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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
  • Condition Description:
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  • 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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 04808 + N 6233 + N 7564
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Findspot Square:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 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 03:43:00 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

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

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

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

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

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: May 14, 2025).
@misc{2024OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-14]},
	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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