UM — (P231455)

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

UM —

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)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  3N-T919,466
tablet
  reverse broken
obverse
  n lines missing
  1 line traces
2. bur2{zabar(|UD.KA.[BAR]|)#}
3. ir{zabar(|UD#.[KA].BAR#|)#}
4. nun{zabar(|UD.KA.[BAR]|)#}
5. dim{zabar(|UD.KA.[BAR]|)#}

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: Not preserved)
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 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270) Q000040 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P231455

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number 3N-T0919,466
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) 3NT.919.466
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P231455
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P231455

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 04:09:53 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

“UM — Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P231455.
UM — artifact entry (No. P231455). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231455 (Original work published 2003)
UM — artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231455 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
@misc{2023UM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM --- artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231455},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231455},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P231455
LB  - CDLI:P231455
M1  - 2026/4/25/
TI  - UM — artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P231455
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UM — Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P231455.
UM — artifact entry (No. P231455). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231455 (Original work published 2003)
UM — artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231455 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
@misc{2023UM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM --- artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231455},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231455},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P231455
LB  - CDLI:P231455
M1  - 2026/4/25/
TI  - UM — artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P231455
ER  -
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