ASJ 22, 242-246 (P230401)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06509 + CBS 06563 + CBS 06568 + N 7132 + N 7144 + UM 29-16-030 (+?) N 6568

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Old Babylonian Grammatical Texts (witness) Bilingual grammatical. Join with N 1761 reported in Black Sum Gram p.57 and MSL SS 1 72. The number is wrong. CBS 6568 was published in MSL IV, 46 as N 6568)

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Akkadian, Sumerian

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Has fragments

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(text B: CBS 6509 + CBS 6563 + UM 29-16-30 (+) UM 6568 (+) "N 1761")
column 1
1'. [...-na]-an#-na = %a <(...)>
2'. [...]-na#-an-na = %a <(...)>
3'. [...]-na-an-na = %a <(...)>
4'. [ga2-a-da na]-me-a = %a e-la; ia-ti
5'. [za-a-da] na-me-a = %a <(e-la ka-ti)>
6'. [e-ne-da] na#-me-a = %a <(e-la szu-a-ti)>
7'. [... na-me]-a = %a <(...)>
8'-15'=1'-8'. Sumerian destroyed, Akkadian column blank
16'=9'. [...] = %a i-na ba;-lu-u2
17'=10'. [...] = %a <(...)>
column 2
1'. lu2#-re#-en#-[...] = %a [...]
2'. ga2-a-[gin7] = %a [ki-ma ia-ti]
3'. za-a-[gin7] = %a [ki-ma ka-ti]
4'. e-ne-gin7# = %a [ki-ma szu-a-ti]
5'. lu2-sze-gin7 = %a [ki-ma a-nu-um-mi-im]
6'. lu2-ri-gin7# = %a [ki-ma ul-li-im]
7'. me-en-de3-en-[gin7] = %a [ki-ma ni-a-ti]
8'. [me-en-ze2-en-gin7] = %a [ki-ma ku-nu-ti]
9'=1'. e-ne-ne-[gin7] = %a [ki-ma szu-nu-ti]
10'=2'. lu2-ne-mesz-gin7# = %a <(ki-ma an-nu-tim)>
11'=3'. lu2-sze#-mesz-gin7# = %a <(ki-ma a-nu-um-mu-tim)>
12'=4'. lu2-ri#-mesz-gin7# = %a <(ki-ma ul-lu-tim)>
13'=5'. lu2-ne na-am3 = %a an-na-szu
14'=6'. lu2-sze na-am3 = %a a-na-ma-szu
15'=7'. lu2-ri na-am3 = %a ul-la-szu
16'=8'. lu2-a-li-mesz = %a an-na-szu-nu
17'/18'=9'/10'. lu2-a-li-mesz; {d}en-lil2# he2-a = %a an-na-szu-nu; {d}en-[lil2] lu-u2
double ruling
19'=11'. za-e = %a <(at-ta)>
20'=12'. za-a-kam = %a <(ka-tum)>
21'=13'. za-en-ze2-en = %a <(at-tu-nu)>
22'=14'. za-en-me#-ze2-en = %a <(at-tu-nu)>
(23'-24' missing)
25'=1'. [...]-ra#-kam# x x = %a [...]
double ruling
26'=2'. [a]-na-am3 = %a mi-nu-um
27'=3'. [e]-ne-am3 = %a mi-isz-szum
28'=4'. [a]-ba#-am3 = %a mi-nu-um
29'=5'. [a-na]-am3 = %a mi-in-szum
column 3
1'. ki-bi-sze3 x x = %a [...]
2'. gu2-ta#? = %a [...]
3'. gu2-ta-am3 = %a isz-[tu ...]
4'. gu2-e-ta = %a isz-[tu an-na-nu-um]
5'. gu2-sze-ta = %a isz-[tu a-na-ma-nu-um]
6'. gu2-ri-ta = %a isz#-[tu ul-la-nu-um]
7'. gu2-sze3 gu-ri-esz = %a isz-tu# [an-na-nu-um ul-li-isz]
8'. me-za3 me-za3-bi-sze3 = %a a#-di# [...]
9'. gu2-e-ta gu2-ri-esz = %a isz-tu [an-na-nu-um ul-li-isz]
10'. me-za3 me-za3-bi-sze3 = %a a-di [...]
11'. mu-da-DU-DU = %a a-ta#-[al-lu-kam e-li-e]
12'/13'. inim szu mu-da-ab;-gi4-gi4 = %a a-wa-[tam]; tu-ur#!-[ra-am e-li-e]
14'. me-sze3-am3 = %a a-a-i-[sza-am-ma]
15'. me-a = %a a-[li]
16'. me#-a# an#-til3#-en = %a a-li2 [at]-ta
17'=657. [me-a i-til3]-en# = %a a-li2 a-na-ku
18'=659. [me-a an-til3-en]-de3#-en = %a a-li2 ni-i-nu
19'=660. [me-a an]-til3#-en-ze2-en = %a a-li2 at-tu-nu
20'=660a. [me-a] e-ne-ne = %a a-li2 szu-nu
21'=660b. [me-a] lu2-me-en-de3-en = %a a-li2 ni-szu-ni
22'=660sz. [me-a lu2]-za-en-ze2-en = %a a-li2 ni-szu-ku-nu
23'=660d. [me-a lu2]-x-x-ne-ne = %a a-li2 ni-szu-szu-nu
24'=660e. [me-a im-ri-a]-gu10# = %a a-li2 ki-im-ti
column 4
1. [...]-U2 = %a [...]
2. [...]-KA = %a [...]
3. [...]-ni# = %a ab-kam#-[...]
4. [...]-gu10 = %a ab-kam-[...]
5. [...]-zu = %a ab-kam#-[...]
6. [...]-ni# = %a am#-[...]
7. [...]-gu10 = %a [...]
(8-10. missing)
11=1'. [...] = %a a-na <u> ma#-ti#
12=2'. [...] = %a [a]-num-ma
13=3'. [...] = %a [x]-num-ma-ta
14=4'. [me-sze3 a-tum3] = %a [a]-isz# ur-ru a-na-ku
15=5'. [me-sze3 e-tum3] = %a [a]-isz tu-ur-ru
16=6'. [me-sze3 an-tum3] = %a a-isz ur-ru
17=7'. [me-sze3 e]-tum3 = %a a-isz tu-ub-ba#-al#
18=8'. [me-sze3 an]-tum3# = %a a-isz ub-<<ba>>-al#
19=9'. [a]-gin7 = %a ki-i
20=10'. [a-gin7 x x]-ak-a = %a ki-i a-la-ak-tum
21=11'. [...]-ak-a = %a ki-i
22=12'. [...]-zi-da = %a <(...)>
23=13'. [a-gin7 ...] di-da = %a ki-i la qa2-bi#-am
24=14'. [...]-da#? = %a ma ni x-tim
25=15'. [...] = %a it!-ti-ia#
26. [ki] lu2-ta# = %a <(...)>
27. [ki] lu2-ne-ta = %a it#-ti# [an-ni-im]
28. [ki] lu2-sze-ta = %a [it-ti a-nu-um-mi-im]
29. [ki] lu2-ri-ta = %a [it-ti ul-li-im]
30. ki-me-ta = %a [it-ti ni-a-ti]
31. ki e-ne-[ta] = %a [it-ti szu-nu-ti]
32. ki ne-ne-[ta] = %a [it-ti szu-nu-ti]
33. ki# lu2-ne-mesz#-[ta] = %a [it-ti an-nu-tim]
34. ki# lu2-sze-mesz#-[ta] = %a [it-ti a-nu-um-mu-tim]
35. [ki lu2-ri]-mesz#-[ta] = %a [it-ti ul-lu-tim]
column 5
1. [...] = %a [...] ki#?-a-am#
2=871. [ur5-gin7-nam] = %a ki-a-am-ma
3=879. [ur5 i3-me]-a# = %a ki-i ki-a-am
4=880. [ur5-gin7 me]-a = %a ki-i ki-a-am
5=869. [ur5-ra]-am3# = %a ki-a-am
6=876. [ur5-ra]-ke4# = %a asz-szum ki-a-am
7=880a. [...] = %a ki-a-am ma-s,i-a-am
8=872. [ur5-sze3] = %a a#-na ki-a-am
9=874. [ur5-ta] = %a i-na ki-a-am-ma
10=880b=2'. |HIxASZ2|#?-[...] = %a i-na da-an-na u2-ta
11=880sz=3'. |HIxASZ2|# IGI@g-en#-ta# = %a i-na lu-ul-li-im u2-ta
12=4'. i3-ne-sze3 = %a i-na-an-na
13=5'. i3-ne-sze3-ta = %a isz-tu i-na-an#-[na]
14=6'. a-da-al = %a i-na-an-na
15=7'. a-da-lam = %a i-na-an-na-a-[ma]
16=8'. a-da-al-ta = %a isz-tu i-na-an#-[na]
17=9'. a-da-lam-ta = %a isz-tu i-na-an#-[na-a-ma]
18=10'. i-da-al = %a a-sza-a-ar#
19=11'. i-da-lam = %a a-sza-a-ar#-[ma]
20=12'. i-da-al-ta = %a isz-tu a-sza-[a-ar]
21=13'. a-da-lam-ta = %a isz-tu a-sza-[a-ar-ma]
22=14'. u4-da = %a szum-ma
23=15'. u4-da-gesz-en = %a szum-ma-ma-[an]
24=16'. tukun-bi = %a szum-ma
25=17'. tukun-bi-am3 = %a szum-ma-a#-[ma]

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)

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Old Babylonian Grammatical Texts (witness) Bilingual grammatical. Join with N 1761 reported in Black Sum Gram p.57 and MSL SS 1 72. The number is wrong. CBS 6568 was published in MSL IV, 46 as N 6568)
Language(s): Akkadian, Sumerian

Related publications

primary: ASJ 22, p.227-247, p. 242-246

[Veldhuis2000grammatical-texts] Veldhuis, Niek. 2000. “Grammatical Texts in Their Intellectual Contexts.” Acta Sumerologica 22: 227–47.
history: MSL 4, 46 IB + Ia (+) Ib + unpubl. fragment

[Falkenstein1956MSL4] Falkenstein, Adam, Thorkild Jacobsen, and Richard T. Hallock. 1956. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 4.
history: PBS 12, 12

[Langdon1917PBS12] Langdon, Stephen H. 1917. Sumerian Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 12. University Museum, Philadelphia.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 06509 + CBS 06563 + CBS 06568 + N 7132 + N 7144 + UM 29-16-030 (+?) N 6568
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Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2008-05-26 at 03:44:43	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	approved

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P230401 lead; Join of N 7132 & N 7144 Peterson email 18.11.2014P230401 lead; Join of N 7132 & N 7144 Peterson email 18.11.2014

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“ASJ 22, 242-246 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230401.

ASJ 22, 242-246 artifact entry (No. P230401). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230401 (Original work published 2003)

ASJ 22, 242-246 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230401 (Accessed: May 10, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230401},
}

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