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AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06538 (P264093)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06538

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical [identification uncertain] (Literary, type C-1?; (Obv)2 lines, (Rev)blank)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:
lentil
Material: Clay
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Artifact comments:
lentil

Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical [identification uncertain] (Literary, type C-1?; (Obv)2 lines, (Rev)blank)
This text is a school text.
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: AfO 29/30 (pp. 18-45), 025, CBS 06538

[Falkowitz1983AfO29/30] Falkowitz, Robert S. 1983-1984. “Round Old Babylonian School Tablets from Nippur.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 29/30: 18–45.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: CBS 06538
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Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-12 at 10:16:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 08:05:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-07 at 13:50:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-05 at 18:26:58	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
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (581277) (581277)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.6538) (CBS.6538)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P264093) (P264093)

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Cite this Artifacts

“AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06538 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P264093.

AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06538 artifact entry (No. P264093). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264093 (Original work published 2005)

AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06538 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264093 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {AfO 29/30, 025, {CBS} 06538 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P264093},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264093},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06538 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P264093.

AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06538 artifact entry (No. P264093). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264093 (Original work published 2005)

AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06538 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264093 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

@misc{2024AfO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {AfO 29/30, 025, {CBS} 06538 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P264093},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264093},
}

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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P264093
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