MSL 07, 074 (P278949)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 4020

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical [identification uncertain] (Hh X; rev: excerpt from religious text (?); 6x5 lines)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical [identification uncertain] (Hh X; rev: excerpt from religious text (?); 6x5 lines)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P278949
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P278949

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment left edge

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	N 4020
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	572749
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.4020
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P278949

References

primary: MSL 7, 074

[Civil1959MSL7] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1959. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets VIII-XII. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 7. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah	Penn Museum	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 07, 074 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P278949.

MSL 07, 074 artifact entry (No. P278949). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278949 (Original work published 2005)

MSL 07, 074 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278949 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {MSL 07, 074 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P278949},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278949},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 07, 074 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P278949.

MSL 07, 074 artifact entry (No. P278949). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278949 (Original work published 2005)

MSL 07, 074 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278949 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

@misc{2023MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {MSL 07, 074 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P278949},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278949},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P278949
LB  - CDLI:P278949
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - MSL 07, 074 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P278949
ER  -