OIP 011, 041 (P231771)

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

CBS 10067

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: OB Hh2 (reed, List of gold rings? of different kinds; (Obv)3x(Rev)16 lines. Contained OB Hh 2b. Obv. only has the word am-si (prob. first col). Rev. has ku//3-gi and last col. empty.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  CBS 10067 = MSL 07: 212 =V31 = MSL 07: 230 =V12 = SLT 41
tablet
obverse
1. [{kusz}]am#-[si]
2. [{kusz}]am-si [kur-ra]
reverse
column 1
  n lines missing
1. [u]-gun3#![{zabar}]
2. ubur# u#-[gun3{zabar}]
3. szu#-gur#[{zabar}]
4. esz-gur[{zabar}]
5. har{zabar(|UD#.[KA.BAR]|)#}
6. har szu{zabar(|UD#.[KA.BAR]|)#}
7. har giri3[{zabar}]
8. har gal[{zabar}]
9. har ib2-[ba{zabar}]
10. hub2-du!-[um{zabar}]
11. {d}lama![{zabar}]
  rest of column broken
column 2
  n lines missing
1. ku3#-[sig17 1(u)-ta-am3]
2. ku3-sig17# [9(disz)-ta-am3]
3. ku3-sig17# [8(disz)-ta-am3]
4. ku3-sig17 [7(disz)-ta-am3]
5. ku3-sig17 6(disz)#-ta#-am3(|A.AN#|)#
6. ku3-sig17 5(disz)-ta#-am3(|A.AN#|)#
7. ku3-sig17 4(disz)-ta-am3
8. ku3-sig17 3(disz)-ta-am3
9. ku3-sig17# 2(disz)-ta-am3
10. har ku3-sig17
11. har szu ku3-sig17
12. har giri3 ku3-sig17
13. har# gal ku3-sig17
14. har# ib2 ku3-sig17
15. szu#-gur ku3-sig17
16. esz#-gur ku3-sig17
  rest of column broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, List of gold rings? of different kinds; (Obv)3x(Rev)16 lines. Contained OB Hh 2b. Obv. only has the word am-si (prob. first col). Rev. has ku//3-gi and last col. empty.)
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

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P231771

Physical information

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

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 10067
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 584203
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.10067
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P231771
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P231771

References

  • history: MSL 7, 212 (V31: obv.), 230 (V12: rev.)

    [Civil1959MSL7] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1959. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets VIII-XII. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 7. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

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 04:13:27 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

“OIP 011, 041 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P231771.
OIP 011, 041 artifact entry (No. P231771). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231771 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 041 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231771 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2023OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {OIP 011, 041 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231771},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231771},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P231771
LB  - CDLI:P231771
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - OIP 011, 041 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P231771
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OIP 011, 041 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P231771.
OIP 011, 041 artifact entry (No. P231771). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231771 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 041 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231771 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2023OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {OIP 011, 041 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231771},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231771},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P231771
LB  - CDLI:P231771
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - OIP 011, 041 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P231771
ER  -
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