N 4245 (P279107)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 4245

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical [identification uncertain] (School exercise; lexical; 2x6 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Witness

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical [identification uncertain] (School exercise; lexical; 2x6 lines) School text
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Composite Number	Score
CDLI Lexical 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397)	Q000001	View the score

Record

CDLI number	P279107
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P279107

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment right edge, 2 cols, rev blank

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	N 4245
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	572904
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.4245
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P279107
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P279107

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
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		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	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“N 4245 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P279107.

N 4245 artifact entry (No. P279107). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P279107 (Original work published 2005)

N 4245 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P279107 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {N 4245 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P279107},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P279107},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“N 4245 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P279107.

N 4245 artifact entry (No. P279107). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P279107 (Original work published 2005)

N 4245 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P279107 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {N 4245 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P279107},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P279107},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P279107
LB  - CDLI:P279107
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - N 4245 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P279107
ER  -