EEN 324, CBS 07904+ (P230458)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07904 + N 5220

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: H Middle part of a type II tablet. Obv. GI, rev. gi#. Obv. includes [gi-ma-a]n-sim. In pupil's column a GI is visible at the beginning of each line.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Witness

Text

  CBS 07904+N 5220
tablet
obverse
column 1
  1 line traces
2. [{gi}ma]-an#-sim [...] DI
3. [{gi}...] SUR
4. [{gi}]hal#
5. {gi#}hal-zi-ig#
6. [{gi}]hal# ku6
7. [{gi}hal] muszen
8. [{gi}hal] uzu
9. [gi-ha]-an
  rest of column broken
column 2
  pupil's copy
1. {gi}[...]
2. {gi}[...]
3. {gi}[...]
  rest of column broken
reverse
column 1
1'. gesz [...]
2'. gesz nu-ur2#-[...]
3'. gesz KID#-[...]
4'. gesz KID#-[...]
5'. gesz KID#-[...]
6'. gesz mes#
7'. gesz mes#-ma2-gan-na
8'. gesz mes-me-luh-ha
9'. gesz erin
10'. gesz szu-ur2-min3
11'. gesz za-ba-lum
12'. gesz e-lam-ma-kum
13'. gesz# [...]-lum
column 2
1'. [...]-kur
2'. [...]-dilmun
3'. [...]-al-dar-ra
4'. [...]-al#-ku5-da
5'. [...]-al-szab
6'. [...]-gu2#-na
7'. [...]-IM#
8'. [...]-ra
9'. [...]-ma3
10'. [...] X

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: H Middle part of a type II tablet. Obv. GI, rev. gi#. Obv. includes [gi-ma-a]n-sim. In pupil's column a GI is visible at the beginning of each line.)
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 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) Q000039 View the score

Record

P230458 leadP230458 lead

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P230458

Physical information

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

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 07904 + N 5220
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 582873 + 582874
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.7904
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P230458
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P230458

References

  • primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 324, CBS 7904+

    [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 03:46:48 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 324, CBS 07904+ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230458.
EEN 324, CBS 07904+ artifact entry (No. P230458). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230458 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 324, CBS 07904+ artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230458 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 324, {CBS} 07904+ artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230458},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230458},
}


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M1  - 2026/4/25/
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“EEN 324, CBS 07904+ Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230458.
EEN 324, CBS 07904+ artifact entry (No. P230458). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230458 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 324, CBS 07904+ artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230458 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
@misc{2023EEN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 324, {CBS} 07904+ artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230458},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230458},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P230458
LB  - CDLI:P230458
M1  - 2026/4/25/
TI  - EEN 324, CBS 07904+ artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230458
ER  -
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