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, USA

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-16-788

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (School exercise; nearly illegible; 10 lines)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  UM 29-16-788
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

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (School exercise; nearly illegible; 10 lines) School text
Language(s)

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 000041 (OB Nippur Ura 04) composite (P498271) Q000041 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P257200

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
lower rt corner, obv erased

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 29-16-788
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 567470
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-16-788
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P257200
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P257200

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 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 10:20:17 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 04:44:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI Approved View

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: June 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {UM 29-16-788 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257200},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257200},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P257200
LB  - CDLI:P257200
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - UM 29-16-788 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257200
ER  -

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: June 14, 2026).
@misc{2023UM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {UM 29-16-788 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257200},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257200},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P257200
LB  - CDLI:P257200
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - UM 29-16-788 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257200
ER  -
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