UM 29-16-788 (P257200)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
UM 29-16-788Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Lexical (School exercise; nearly illegible; 10 lines)Language(s)
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-Witness
UM 29-16-788
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column 1
1'. uz#-[...]
2'. uz babbar[{muszen}]
3'. uz kukku5#[{muszen}]
4'. kislah(|KI#.UD|)#[{muszen}]
5'. u4-gesz#[{muszen}]
6'. ri-gesz#{muszen#}
7'. ki-ib#{muszen#}
8'. ki-ib szu[{muszen}]
9'. ki#-ib-{d}[...]
column 2
1 column traces
reverse
column 1
1'. uz#-[...]
2'. uz babbar[{muszen}]
3'. uz kukku5#[{muszen}]
4'. kislah(|KI#.UD|)#[{muszen}]
5'. u4-gesz#[{muszen}]
6'. ri-gesz#{muszen#}
7'. ki-ib#{muszen#}
8'. ki-ib szu[{muszen}]
9'. ki#-ib-{d}[...]
column 2
1 column traces
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm):
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- Artifact Preservation: fragment
- Condition Description: lower rt corner, obv erased
- Join Information:
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- Seal information:
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Lexical (School exercise; nearly illegible; 10 lines)
- This text is a school text.
- Language(s):
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: UM 29-16-788
- Accession No.:
- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
- Elevation:
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced:
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-06-01 at 15:26:27 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2008-05-26 at 04:44:11 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2005-02-24 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Penn Museum (567470) (567470)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.29-16-788) (UM.29-16-788)
- Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P257200) (P257200)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P257200) (P257200)
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Lexical 000041 (OB Nippur Ura 04) composite (P498271) | View the score |
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Cite this Artifact
“UM 29-16-788 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257200.
UM 29-16-788 artifact entry (No. P257200). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257200 (Original work published 2005)
UM 29-16-788 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257200 (Accessed: September 17, 2025).
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