N 6102 (P230987)

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

N 6102

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: list of PN's (unidentified/general) School; (Obv)7x(Rev)10 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

obverse
column 1
1'. gesz 2/3(disz)# [...]
2'. gesz 1(u) [...]
3'. gesz 5(disz) gin2#
4'. gesz 3(disz) gin2
5'. gesz 1(disz) gin2
6'. gesz sa
7'. gesz sa-gal

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: list of PN's (unidentified/general) School; (Obv)7x(Rev)10 lines) School text
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

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P230987

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 6102
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 574917
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.6102
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P230987
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P230987

References

  • history: ZA 101 (pp. 246–73), 262

    [Peterson2011ZA101] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2011. “The Personal Name Lists in the Scribal Curriculum of Old Babylonian Nippur: An Overview.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 101: 246–73.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-16 at 14:41:15 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 04:02:06 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 6102 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230987.
N 6102 artifact entry (No. P230987). (2024, June 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230987 (Original work published 2003)
N 6102 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230987 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230987},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“N 6102 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230987.
N 6102 artifact entry (No. P230987). (2024, June 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230987 (Original work published 2003)
N 6102 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230987 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
@misc{2024N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 16},
	title = {N 6102 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230987},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230987},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P230987
LB  - CDLI:P230987
M1  - 2026/4/22/
TI  - N 6102 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P230987
ER  -
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