UM 29-15-546 + N 7183 (P230552)

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

UM 29-15-546 + N 7183

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 Hh2 (reed, Right edge fragment of a type I tablet. Obv. ku#, rev. end of urudu and beginning of zabar (two cols.). Obv I MSL 7, 218 87-91 and 92-93; plus an extra item ending in -ZUM. Obv. II=MSL 7, 221 129-134 rev. I= MSL 7, 227 197-198 and 231 1-3 and 4-6.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  UM 29-15-546
tablet
obverse
column 1
  n lines missing
1. [{kusz}]gur21(|[E].TUM#|)# da-[GUD]
2. [{kusz}]gur21(|[E].TUM#|)# kun#
3. [{kusz}gur21] hudusz(TU)
4. [{kusz}gur21] siki# zi-da
5. [{kusz}gur21] ur3-ra
6. [{kusz}ma-ri]-nu-um
7. [{kusz}ga]-rig2
8. [...]-ZUM
  1 line traces
  rest of column broken
column 2
  n lines missing
1. kusz [arinax(|I.LU2@s.NA|) nu-ku2-a]
2. {kusz}nig2#-ku2-a#
3. {kusz}nig2#-nu#-ku2#-a#
4. kusz al-hi-a
5. kusz nu-[al]-hi-a
6. {kusz}[nig2]-gal2#-la
7. {kusz}siki mu2-[a]
8. {kusz}[balag]
  rest of column broken
reverse
column 1
  n lines missing
1. uruda-[...]-x
2. {uruda}ki#-gal#
3. {uruda}ki-en-gub
4. zabar
5. zabar-szu
6. {zabar}dug
7. {zabar}{dug}mud3
8. {zabar}ma2-gur8
9. zabar(|UD#.KA#.BAR#|)#-hi#-a#
  rest of column broken
column 2
  n lines missing
1. [...]{zabar(|UD#.KA#.BAR#|)#}
2. [...]{zabar(|UD.KA.BAR|)}
3. [...]{zabar(|UD.KA.BAR|)}
4. [...]{zabar(|UD.KA.BAR|)}
5. [...]{zabar(|UD.KA.BAR|)}
6. [...]{zabar(|UD.KA.BAR|)}
7. [...]{zabar(|UD.KA.BAR|)}
  rest of column broken

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
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, Right edge fragment of a type I tablet. Obv. ku#, rev. end of urudu and beginning of zabar (two cols.). Obv I MSL 7, 218 87-91 and 92-93; plus an extra item ending in -ZUM. Obv. II=MSL 7, 221 129-134 rev. I= MSL 7, 227 197-198 and 231 1-3 and 4-6.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 29-15-546 + N 7183
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 03:49:30 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 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“UM 29-15-546 + N 7183 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230552.
UM 29-15-546 + N 7183 artifact entry (No. P230552). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230552 (Original work published 2003)
UM 29-15-546 + N 7183 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230552 (Accessed: January 20, 2026).
@misc{2023UM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 29-15-546 + {N} 7183 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230552},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230552},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P230552
LB  - CDLI:P230552
M1  - 2026/1/20/
TI  - UM 29-15-546 + N 7183 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230552
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UM 29-15-546 + N 7183 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230552.
UM 29-15-546 + N 7183 artifact entry (No. P230552). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230552 (Original work published 2003)
UM 29-15-546 + N 7183 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230552 (Accessed: January 20, 2026).
@misc{2023UM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 29-15-546 + {N} 7183 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230552},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230552},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P230552
LB  - CDLI:P230552
M1  - 2026/1/20/
TI  - UM 29-15-546 + N 7183 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230552
ER  -
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