CBS 12657 (P230515)

Lexical tablet 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 12657

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Unidentified list; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8- Obverse illegible for dirt. Rev. end of DUG section, first UMUN lines. Very dirty. Tablet turns in wrong direction.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  CBS 12657
tablet
  obverse unidentified list followed by what looks like a colophon
reverse
column 1
  n lines missing
1. {dug#}[urzub(KAL)]
2. {dug}[zurzub(KAL)]
3. {dug}sila3# [GAR]
4. {dug}sila3# [gaz]
5. [udun]
6. udun sze-sa#-[a]
7. udun [bappir?]
column 2
  n lines missing
1. [im] dug
2. im# dug
3. im# dugud#
column 3
  traces

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Unidentified list; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8- Obverse illegible for dirt. Rev. end of DUG section, first UMUN lines. Very dirty. Tablet turns in wrong direction.)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Composites

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P230515

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 12657
Accession Number

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 03:48:08 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

“CBS 12657 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230515.
CBS 12657 artifact entry (No. P230515). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230515 (Original work published 2003)
CBS 12657 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230515 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {CBS 12657 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230515},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230515},
}

TY  - ELEC
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LB  - CDLI:P230515
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - CBS 12657 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230515
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“CBS 12657 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230515.
CBS 12657 artifact entry (No. P230515). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230515 (Original work published 2003)
CBS 12657 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230515 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {CBS 12657 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230515},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230515},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P230515
LB  - CDLI:P230515
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - CBS 12657 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230515
ER  - 
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