N 4869 (P231154)

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 4869

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) Obv. empty rev GI)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  N 4869
tablet
  obverse broken
reverse
  column 2 broken
column 1
  n lines missing
  3 lines traces
4. {gi}ma-[an-sim nig2-mur-gu4]
5. {gi}ma-an-[sim il2]
6. {gi}szem3#? [ak]
7. {gi#}[hal]
  rest of column broken
column 3
  n lines missing
  1 line traces
2. {gi}sza5-[sza5]
3. {gi}szu2-[a-ak]
4. {gi#}[gibil2-a-ak]
  2 lines broken
  rest of column broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12) Obv. empty rev GI)
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/P231154

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 4869
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 04:04:16 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 4869 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P231154.
N 4869 artifact entry (No. P231154). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231154 (Original work published 2003)
N 4869 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231154 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 4869 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231154},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231154},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“N 4869 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P231154.
N 4869 artifact entry (No. P231154). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231154 (Original work published 2003)
N 4869 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231154 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 4869 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231154},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231154},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P231154
LB  - CDLI:P231154
M1  - 2026/4/25/
TI  - N 4869 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P231154
ER  - 
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