MSL SS 1, 042 (P247827)

Lexical tablet excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1924-1230 + Ashm 1927-2118

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Q000085 = ur5-ra 10; Q000086 = ur5-ra 11, Q000088 = ur5-ra 13; Q000089 = ur5-ra)

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tablet
obverse
1. im#-du3-a = %a pit-qu
2a. im#-du3-a = %a ra-a-t,u
2b. im-du3-a = %a u2!-ra-ku
3. im lag = %a kir-ba-nu
4. im |SZIDxA| = %a pi-sa!-an-nu
5. im {zar-du}SZID!(U2) = %a SZU-u
6. im SZID = %a mesz-la-a-ni
7. im dugud!(MI) = %a ku-ub-ub
  ruling
8. im gu2 i7-da = %a MIN<(qa-du-tum)> na-a-ri
9. pesz10 {d}i7 lu2-ru-gu2 = %a kib-ri-e-tum
10. uh2 i7 lu2-ru-gu2 = %a ru-ut-ti-tum
11. a2-la2 i7-da = %a szi-kin na-a-ri
12. zu2 a-ab-ba = %a im-bu-u2 tam-tim#
  ruling
13. gu4-gesz = %a re-du-u2#
14. gu4 a2 ur3-ra = %a a-lap ar-[ku]
15. gu4 a2 ur3-ra dili = %a MIN<(a-lap)> er-bet-ti#
  ruling
16. gu4 ab2 sag-ga2 = %a mah-ru-[u2]
17. gu4 murub4 sag-ga2 = %a at-ta-[ru]
  ruling
18. gu4 [...] = %a a-lap ni-i-[ri]
  ruling
19. {d}nin-kilim-[...] = %a [...]
20. nig2-[gilim] = %a [...]
reverse
1'. {u2#}nu#-[...] = %a [...]
  ruling
2. SUHUR!{ku6#} = %a kup#-[...]
3. suhur!{ku6} = %a pu-luh#?-[...]
4. suhur!{ku6} = %a pu-ra-[du]
5. suhur!-masz{ku6} = %a SZU
6. suhur! masz{ku6} = %a bit-ru-u2
7. suhur!{ku6} = %a ziq-na-qu
8. suhur! tun3-bar{ku6} = %a sap-sa?-na-nu
9. NINDA2# [...]{ku6} = %a zi-ri
10. NINDA2#-[...]{ku6} = %a ar-s,u-pu
11. [...]-x{ku6} = %a MIN<(ar-s,u-pu)>
12. [...]{ku6} = %a a-bu-tum
  ruling
13. siki = %a szi-pa-a-tum
14. siki sag10 = %a dam-qa-a-tum
15. [siki] za-a-ni = %a SZU
16. [siki] za-a-ni = %a gur-nu
17. [siki] gu2-tun3 = %a SZU
m=division colophon
18. iti ziz2 u4 9(disz)-kam es-he-et
19. |DU.DU|-esz4-tar2 SI@g? sza2-asz2-ki?-e

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Q000085 = ur5-ra 10; Q000086 = ur5-ra 11, Q000088 = ur5-ra 13; Q000089 = ur5-ra)
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  • primary: MSL SS 1, 042

    [Gurney1986MSLSS1] Sigrist, Marcel, and Oliver R. Gurney. 1986. The Sag-Tablet, Lexical Texts in the Ashmolean Museum, Middle Babylonian Grammatical Texts, Miscellaneous Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon Supplementary Series 1. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

  • history: MSL 7, 73 S16

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

  • history: MSL 7, 122 S12

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

  • history: MSL 8/1, 6 S5

    [Landsberger1960MSL8/1] Landsberger, Benno. 1960. The Fauna of Ancient Mesopotamia (Part 1). Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon.

  • history: MSL 8/2, 95 S7

    [Landsberger1962MSL8/2] Landsberger, Benno. 1962. The Fauna of the Ancient Mesopotamia. Second Part. ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu Tablets XIV and XVII. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 8/2. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

  • history: MSL 10, 127 S3

    [Landsberger1970MSL10] Reiner, Erica, and Benno Landsberger. 1970. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets XVI, XVII, XIX and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 10. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

  • history: MHEM 3 S16

    [sec45531] N.d.

  • history: Iraq 6 (pp. 144-179), 174, 75 (Ash. 1924-2118)

    [vanderMeer1939Iraq6] Meer, Petrus E. van der. 1939. “Tablets of the HAR-Ra = Ḫubullu Series in the Ashmolean Museum.” Iraq 6: 144–79.

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  • Museum No.: Ashm 1924-1230 + Ashm 1927-2118
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  • Provenience: Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 09:21:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-02 at 09:14:23 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2013-07-10 at 09:49:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 04:29:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2004-07-28 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MSL SS 1, 042 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P247827.
MSL SS 1, 042 artifact entry (No. P247827). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247827 (Original work published 2004)
MSL SS 1, 042 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247827 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MSL {SS} 1, 042 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247827},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247827},
}


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