N 7249 (P231714)

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 7249

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: Not preserved 11 lines.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

obverse
column 1
1'. [...]-ur#-za-[...]
2'. [...]-ur-gu#-[...]
3'. gesz# har-[...]
4'. gesz# nig2-[...]
5'. gesz# AN-[...]
6'. gesz#-dim3 mar-[ha-szi]
7'. gesz# dim3-lu2-ma2-[gur8]
8'. gesz# za3-[...]
9'. gesz# kul-za3-[...]
10'. gesz# dub-za3-[...]

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: Not preserved 11 lines.)
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

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P231714

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 7249
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 04:11:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“N 7249 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P231714.
N 7249 artifact entry (No. P231714). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231714 (Original work published 2003)
N 7249 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231714 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	month = {jun 14},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231714},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“N 7249 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P231714.
N 7249 artifact entry (No. P231714). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231714 (Original work published 2003)
N 7249 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231714 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {N 7249 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231714},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231714},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P231714
LB  - CDLI:P231714
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - N 7249 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P231714
ER  - 
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