MSL 10, 054 V12 (P231766)

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

CBS 10055

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: Not preserv Names of stones; (Obv)11x(Rev)0 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. {na4}kiszib# [...]
2. {na4}lagab a2#-szuba(|ZA#.MUSZ3#|)#
3. {na4}algamesz(|SAL.HUB2|)
4. {na4}kiszib algamesz(|SAL.HUB2|)
5. {na4}lagab algamesz(|SAL.HUB2|)
6. {na4}duh-szi-a
7. {na4}duh-szi-a mar-ha-szi
8. {na4}da-gaz duh-szi-a
9. {na4}kiszib duh-szi-a
10. {na4}lagab duh-szi-a
11. {na4#}[...]

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: Not preserv Names of stones; (Obv)11x(Rev)0 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):

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000041 (OB Nippur Ura 04) composite (P498271) Q000041 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P231766

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
Tablet frag, Rev.blank

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Nippur II, Tablet Hill
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 10055
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 584192
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.10055
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P231766
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P231766

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 09:21:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 04:13:16 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

“MSL 10, 054 V12 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231766.
MSL 10, 054 V12 artifact entry (No. P231766). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231766 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 10, 054 V12 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231766 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 10, 054 {V12} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231766},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231766},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MSL 10, 054 V12 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231766.
MSL 10, 054 V12 artifact entry (No. P231766). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231766 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 10, 054 V12 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231766 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2024MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL 10, 054 {V12} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231766},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231766},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P231766
LB  - CDLI:P231766
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - MSL 10, 054 V12 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P231766
ER  -
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