N 5796 (P230926)

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

N 5796

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: Not preserved GI)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  N 5796
tablet
  reverse broken
obverse
column 1
  n lines missing
  1 line traces
2. [{gi}]gi dub2 balag edin
3. [{gi}]gid2-da
4. [{gi}am-ma]-am
5. [{gi}am-ma]-am#-[um]
  3 lines traces
  rest of column broken
column 2
  n lines missing
1. {gi}[...]
2. {gi#}[...]
3. {gi#}[...]
4. {gi#}[...]
5. {gi#}[...]
6. {gi#}[...]
7. {gi#}[...]
8. {gi#}[...]
9. {gi#}[...]
  1 line broken
  rest of column broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: Not preserved GI)
Language(s)

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/P230926

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 5796
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 04:01:43 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

“N 5796 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230926.
N 5796 artifact entry (No. P230926). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230926 (Original work published 2003)
N 5796 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230926 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 5796 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230926},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230926},
}

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PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2026/4/25/
TI  - N 5796 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230926
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“N 5796 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230926.
N 5796 artifact entry (No. P230926). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230926 (Original work published 2003)
N 5796 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230926 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 5796 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230926},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230926},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P230926
LB  - CDLI:P230926
M1  - 2026/4/25/
TI  - N 5796 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230926
ER  - 
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