N 0190 + N 0242 (P275455)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 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

N 0190 + N 0242

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of barley; 5x3 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(u@c) 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c)? [sze lid2-ga?]
2. im 1(disz@t) [...]
3. 5(u@c)#? 5(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 6(ban2@c) im# [2(disz@t)]
4. [...] im 3(disz@t)
5. [...] im 4(disz@t)
6. [...]
7. 3(u@c) 6(asz@c) la2 4(ban2@c) im# [6(disz@t)]
8. [...] im 7(disz@t)
9. [...] im# 8(disz@t)
10. [...] 4(ban2@c)# im# [9(disz@t)]
reverse
1. [n] 5(u@c)# 4(asz@c)# 2(barig@c) 5(ban2@c)#? im 1(u)
2. 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze-ba ug3-ne!
3. 1(u@c)#? 5(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze-ba ansze-kam#?
4. [...]
5. [...] 2(asz@c)? 3(ban2@c) sze lid2-ga
6. [...] x ZI3 sze-ba
7. [iti] ku3-SZIM

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: upper half, upper right corner broken
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  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 0190 + N 0242
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-04 at 09:54:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-12-07 at 13:46:06 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“N 0190 + N 0242 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P275455.
N 0190 + N 0242 artifact entry (No. P275455). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P275455 (Original work published 2005)
N 0190 + N 0242 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P275455 (Accessed: May 14, 2025).
@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {N 0190 + {N} 0242 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P275455},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P275455},
}


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