UM 29-16-354 (P256872)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-16-354

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (List of names)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (List of names)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P256872
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P256872

Physical information

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

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	UM 29-16-354
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	567114
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	UM.29-16-354
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P256872

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“UM 29-16-354 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P256872.

UM 29-16-354 artifact entry (No. P256872). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P256872 (Original work published 2005)

UM 29-16-354 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P256872 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P256872},
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Cite this Artifacts

“UM 29-16-354 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P256872.

UM 29-16-354 artifact entry (No. P256872). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P256872 (Original work published 2005)

UM 29-16-354 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P256872 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {UM 29-16-354 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P256872},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P256872},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/26/
TI  - UM 29-16-354 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P256872
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