N 6258 (P231055)

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

N 6258

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School; list of UDU; (Obv)(i)13x(Rev)(ii)16x(iii)24x(iv)23x(v)19 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
1'. [amar ga] |KAxX|#-[a]
2'. [amar ga] nag-a#
3'. [amar ga] sub-[a]
4'. [amar] sah4#
5'. [amar] lirum#
6'. amar [ban3]-da
7'. amar mu 3(asz)
8'. amar mu 2(asz)
9'. amar mu 1(asz)
10'. amar babbar
11'. amar kukku5
12'. amar su4-a
13'. amar sig7-sig7
14'. ansze
reverse
column 1
1. udu# [...]
2. udu [...]
3. udu [...]
4. udu nita2
5. udu nita2 gesz du3-a
6. udu u2
7. udu# utua(|DAG.KISIM5xUSZ|)
8. udu a-lum#
9. udu a-lum niga#
10. udu a-lum niga sag10
11. udu# a-lum gukkal#
12. udu gukkal
13. udu gukkal# niga
14. udu gukkal# sag10
15. [...] la2-e
column 2
1. udu gag# szub-ba
2. udu ur5 szub-ba#
3. udu gan szub-ba
4. udu ib2 gig
5. udu szag4 an-sur
6. udu du7-du7
7. udu gur4-gur4
8. udu# ur3-ra
9. udu# NE ur3-[ra]
  1 line broken
11. udu# [nim]-nim
12. [udu] sag# [nim]-nim
  2 lines missing
15. udu si# il#-[la2]
16. udu [...]
  3 lines missing
20. udu masz2-[...]
21. udu masz2-da-[ri-a]
22. udu nam-en-[na]
23. udu nam-[...]
column 3
1. udu [...]
2. udu bar gal2
3. udu bar sud
4. udu bar sal
5. udu gir2-tab-ba
6. udu zulumhi(|SIK2.SUD#|)#
7. udu gaba
8. udu gaba-ri-a
  LU RI GABA A
9. udu igi [duh]-a
10. udu ur2-ri#-a#
11. udu za3 [...]
12. udu bala za3 [...]
13. udu ri-[...]
14. udu si-si-[ga]
15. udu# a-ak
  2 lines traces
18. udu TUG2#-da
19. udu [...]
20. udu kuruszda
21. [udu] kuruszda
22. [udu gesz]-zux(MI)
23. [udu su3]-ga
column 4
1. [...]-ma#
2. udu szu-szum2-ma
3. udu szu-du8-a
4. udu szu sag-ga2 du11-ga
5. udu zi-il-qum#
6. udu te-er-zum#
7. udu BALAG-ma
8. udu sa10-ma
9. [udu] szakanka(|KI.LAM|)
10. udu siskur2-re
11. udu szud3-de3
12. udu esz3-esz3
13. udu sikil-la-ta
14. [udu] sag nu-sikil
15. udu mu-pad3-da

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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School; list of UDU; (Obv)(i)13x(Rev)(ii)16x(iii)24x(iv)23x(v)19 lines)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 6258
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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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
2018-06-20 at 17:52:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 04:02:51 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

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

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“N 6258 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P231055.
N 6258 artifact entry (No. P231055). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231055 (Original work published 2003)
N 6258 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231055 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 6258 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231055},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231055},
}

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