CBS 05993 (P262048)

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

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 05993

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical [identification uncertain] (Sumerian Primer or Practice Names; (i)5x(ii)4 lines.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: center part, 1 side preserved, ruled.
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  • Genre(s): Lexical [identification uncertain] (Sumerian Primer or Practice Names; (i)5x(ii)4 lines.)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 05993
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 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
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CBS 05993 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P262048.
CBS 05993 artifact entry (No. P262048). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262048 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 05993 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262048 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {CBS 05993 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262048},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262048},
}


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