CUSAS 12, 2.1.1 (P251684)

Lexical tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Museum Number

MS 2656

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Kagal)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [...] x x
en: ...
2'. [abul] muzug2
en: Gate of impurity
3'. [abul] {d}nin-lil2-la2
en: Gate of Ninlil
4'. [x] x x
en: ...
5'. [abul] a2#-sikil-la2
en: Gate of purity
6'. abul# nig2-ku5-da
en: Gate of the Nigku taxes
7'. hu-da-du-um
en: clay pit?
8'. eszszeb
en: clay pit?
9'. x-DU?
10'. kisal# bar-ra
en: outer courtyard
11'. ka2
en: gate
12'. [ka2] bar-ra
en: outer gate
13'. [ka2] tillax(|ASZ.AN.ASZ|)
en: gate on the street
14'. [ka2] e2-gal
en: palace gate
15'. [ka2] x-a
en: ... gate
16'. [ka2] a2#-sikil-la2
en: gate of the brewer
17'. [ka2] gu#-la
en: large gate
18'. [ka2 x? igi] gal2
en: ... gate
19'. [ka2 gesz]-kin#-ti
en: gate of the workshop
20'. [ka2] mah
en: great gate
21'. [ka2 {gi}]ma-sa2-ab
en: gate of the masab basket
23'. e2
en: house
24'. ka2
en: gate
25'. ka2
en: gate
2 lines traces
28'. [e2 en]-nu-[ug3]
en: prison
29'. [e2]-dub-ba-[a]
en: scribal school
30'. [e2] EZEN? [...]
en: ... house
31'. [e2] gu#?-la#?
en: great house
32'. [e2] x x
en: ... house
33'. [e2] x-a
en: ... house
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. e2 gul#-la#
en: destroyed house
2'. e2 gul-la
en: destroyed house
3'. e2 gul-la
en: destroyed house
4'. e2 si3-ke
en: ... house
5'. e2 szu#-szum-ma
en: warehouse?
sic; szum for szum2
6'. e2 szu-gi4-na
en: storage for szuagina offerings
7'. e2 en-nu-ga2
en: prison
8'. e2 ki en-nu-ga2
en: prison
9'. e2 di#
en: law court
10'. e2 di si3-ke
en: house where justice is administered
11'. e2 sag-IM
en: ... house
12'. e2 til3
en: house of life
13'. e2 si-ga
en: silent house
14'. e2 bur12-ra
en: torn-out house
15'. e2 ku5-da
en: isolated house
16'. e2 ki-se3-ga
en: chapel for funerary offerings
17'. e2 ka5-a
en: fox house
18'. e2 bibad{muszen}
en: duck house
19'. e2 SAL-x
en: ... house
20'. e2 DI-am3
en: ... house
21'. e2 nam-x-x
en: ... house
22'. e2 iri bar-ra
en: suburban house
23'. e2 iri sza3-ga
en: town house
24'. e2 da?
en: side room
25'. e2 x
en: ... house
26'. e2-ur5-ra
en: debtor's prison
27'. e2-kinkin2
en: mill
28'. e2 ka?-us2-[sa]
en: house of the ka'usa functionary
or sag-us2-[sa]?
29'. e2 ukken-na#
en: assembly house
30'. e2 a2-ag2-[ga2]
en: assignment house
31'. e2 nig2-<szu>-taka4?-[a]
en: house of the nigszutaka gift
32'. e2 nir-da
en: house of crime
33'. e2 szer7-da
en: house of crime
34'. e2 nam-tag
en: house of sin
35'. e2 nam-tag
en: house of sin
36'. e2 usz-bar
en: weaver's workshop
37'. e2 x
en: ... house
38'. e2 x
en: ... house
39'. [e2] gi#?-sig#?-[ga]
en: house with a fence
rest broken
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [e2] x x
en: ...
2'. [e2]-zi-da#?
en: True House
Temple of Marduk at Borsippa
3'. [e2]-sanga-mah#
en: House of the Exalted Purifier
Temple of Kusu
4'. e2# be2-li2-{d}da-[...]
en: House ... My Lord is Da[gan?]
5'. e2-gal-mah
en: Exalted Palace
Temple of Gula at Isin
6'. e2-sa-bad
en: Esabad (Temple of Gula at Isin)
7'. e2 AN-IM?-DU3?
en: ...
8'. e2-a-ra-li
en: House Netherworld
Shrine of Dumuzi in Badtibira?
9'. e2-gal an-ne2
en: palace (reaching) to the sky
10'. e2 u2-ma
en: house of triumph
11'. e2-me-zi-da
en: House of the True Me's
Temple of Enki
12'. e2-hi!(KUR)-li#
en: House of Luxuriance
Temple of Utu at Ur
13'. e2 x
en: ...
14'. e2 x
en: ...
15'. e2 gesz-[...]
en: ...
16'. e2-an-na#
en: House of Heaven
Temple of An and Inanna at Uruk
17'. e2 HI-x
en: ...
18'. e2-sza3-hul2-la
en: House of the Happy Heart
Temple of Inanna at Kazallu
19'. e2-nim-ma
en: High House
a shrine
20'. e2-sukud-ta
en: High House
Temple of Inanna
21'. e2-sar-ra
en: Esara
Temple of Inanna at Adab
22'. e2-ul-[masz]
en: temple of Inanna at Ulmasz
23'. e2-hur-sag-galam-[ma]
en: House, Mountainrange of the Land
Temple of Inanna at Kisz
24'. e2 x-x ki galam-ma
en: House ...
25'. e2-an#-za#?-gar3
en: House of the Tower
Temple of Inanna at Akszak
26'. e2-ib-gal
en: House, Big Chapel
Temple of Inanna at Umma
27'. e2 x-me-DU
en: ...
28'. e2-bara2-dur2-gar-ra
en: House, Dais of the Throne
Temple of Inanna at Nippur
29'. e2-me#-husz?-ni2-gur3-ru
en: House that Carries the Fierce Me's
30'. e2 x ukken?
en: ...
31'. e2 na4 KA-UD-KAK
en: ...
32'. e2-galam-ta-ni2-gur3-ru
en: House that carries Dread from the Land
Temple of Inannana at Zabalam
33'. e2 nun
en: princely house
34'. agrun
en: cella
35'. e2-hur-sag
en: House Mountainrange
Temple of SZulgi at Ur
36'. e2 puzur4-isz!-{d}gan-da
en: House Under the Protection of Dagan
administrative center
37'. e2-me-ur4-ur4
en: House which Gathers the Me's
temple of Inanna at Larsa
38'. e2-mar-uru5#?
en: House of the Deluge
Temple of Inanna at Isin
39'. e2-babbar?
en: White House
Temple of Utu
40'. e2-di-ku5-kalam-ma
en: House of the Judge of the Land
Temple of Utu
41'. e2-musz3-kalam-ma
en: House, Appearance of the land
Temple of Dumuzi
42'. e2-ninnu
en: House Fifty
Temple of Ningirsu at girsu
43'. [e2]-tar-sir2#-[sir2]
en: Temple of Baba at Irikug
44'. e2#-BUR2
line not visible on photograph
45'. [e2 ...]-gid2#-da
line not visible on photograph
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. x x x
en: ...
2'. x x x
en: ...
3'. x x x
en: ...
4'. aszlug#
en: storeroom
5'. arah4#
en: storehouse
6'. [e2] usz gid2-da
en: storeroom
7'. szutum2#
en: storehouse
8'. [e2] sa10
en: shop
9'. [e2] szakanka
en: marketplace
10'. e2# he2-gal2
en: house of plenty
11'. e2 he2-gal2
en: house of prosperity
12'. e2 la2
en: empty (idle?) house
13'. e2 gu2 kar-ra
en: house on the quay
14'. e2 du-un-nu#-um#
en: fortified house
15'. e2 bur-[sag]
en: strorehouse of the bursag offering
16'. e2 bur-gi#
en: storehouse of the burgia offering
17'. e2 bur-ra
en: storehouse of the bur offering
18'. e2 KAL?
en: ...
19'. e2 sikil
en: storehouse in a temple
20'. e2 dag-si-a
en: ...
21'. e2 gag-ga TAR
en: ...
22'. e2 lugal?
en: royal house
23'. e2 kin?-gi4
en: messenger house
24'. e2 |DAG.KISIM5xX|-ra
25'. e2 dam
en: spousal house
26'. e2 ur5-ra
en: house with a mortgage
27'. e2 duh-a
en: house that is released
28'. e2 ga-an-tusz
en: house (inhabited by) a tenant
29'. e2 ni2 dub2-bu
en: room for relaxing
30'. e2 ki-na2
en: bedroom
31'. [e2] USZ?-x
en: ...
32'. [e2 ...]-e gid2-da#
en: ...
33'. x x x
en: ...
34'. x x x
en: ...
rest broken

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (Kagal)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P251684
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P251684

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
Museum Number	MS 2656
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P251684
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P251684

References

primary: CUSAS 12, 2.1.1

[Civil2010CUSAS12] Civil, Miguel. 2010. The Lexical Texts in the Schøyen Collection. Vol. 12. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS). Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-16 at 12:46:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2016-09-11 at 13:46:30	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved
2004-12-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Bartash, Vitali; Dahl, Jacob L.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Johnson, J. Cale; Stadhouders, Henry		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 12, 2.1.1 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P251684.

CUSAS 12, 2.1.1 artifact entry (No. P251684). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P251684 (Original work published 2004)

CUSAS 12, 2.1.1 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P251684 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {CUSAS 12, 2.1.1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P251684},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P251684},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 12, 2.1.1 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P251684.

CUSAS 12, 2.1.1 artifact entry (No. P251684). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P251684 (Original work published 2004)

CUSAS 12, 2.1.1 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P251684 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

@misc{2024CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {CUSAS 12, 2.1.1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P251684},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P251684},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/4/16/
TI  - CUSAS 12, 2.1.1 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P251684
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