ASJ 20, 215-216 (P349861)

Lexical tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 054712

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Kagal/Nigga)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...] x
3'. [...] x
  rest broken
column 2
1. [gu2]-TAR [...]
2. [gu2] ki-sze3# [la2] {{%a sza-ab-su2}}
  {{...}} signifies an inter-character gloss
3. [gu2] ki-[...]
4. gu2# szub-ba# {{%a sza-ab-su2}}
5. gu2-bala {{%a e-ru-tum}}
6. gu2-bala
7. gu2-giri3 {{%a pi2-ir-s,um}}
8. gu2#-zal
9. [gu2] me-ri-ni {{%a ek-s,um}}
10. [gu2] zil {{%a [sa]-la-du}}
11. [gu2] me-er-me-ri {{%a ha-na-bu}}
12. [gu2]-me#-ze2 {{%a ha-ni-nu}}
13. [gu2] zig3#-ax(GA)
14. [gu2] la2#-a
15. [...]-a
16. [...]-a#?
  rest broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. a-[...]
2'. a-ra2 [...]
3'. a sig-[ga]
4'. a kar-ra#
5'. a kar-ra#?
6'. a kar-ra gal2-la
7'. a gub-ba
8'. a gub-ba {{%a ni-hu-tum}}
9'. a de2-a
10'. a de2-a {{%a bi-il me-e}}
11'. a de2
12'. [a] nu-de2
13'. [a] du11-ga {{%a szi-qi2-tum}}
14'. [...] x {{%a szu-ni-qu3}}
15'. [...] x
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...] x
3'. a-pa5 la2
4'. a-sur-ra gal
5'. a-sur-ra sig
6'. a-ba!(ZU) szu!(BA) TU-TU {{%a sa3-pi2-ru-tum}}
7'. a su3-ra2 {{%a ru-qu2-tum}}
8'. a su3-ra2 {{%a ne!-su-tum}}
9'. a bad-ra2
10'. a an-za3 nu-zu
11'. a {d}utu nu-zu
12'. nig2-gur11
13'. nig2 lugal
14'. nig2-gur11 lugal
15'. nig2-gur11 lugal
16'. nig2-gur11 lugal
17'. nig2-erim2
18'. nig2-a2-zig3#
19'. nig2-a2-[...]
20'. nig2-a2-x [...]
21'. nig2-[...]
22'. nig2-[...]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...]-la
3'. [...]-GABA
4'. [nig2]-dirig#
5'. [nig2]-dirig gu3 di {{%a hi-sze-eh-tum}}
6'. [nig2] hibis-hibis
7'. [nig2] sze6-ga2
8'. [nig2] nu-sze6-ga2
9'. nig2# gu2 gar-ra
10'. nig2# gaba gar-ra
11'. nig2 dugud
12'. nig2-gal-gal
13'. nig2-gu-la
14'. nig2-zal-la
15'. nig2-gar3-|GA2xX|#
16'. nig2-tuku
17'. nig2 nu-tuku
18'. [nig2]-tuku-tuku
19'. [nig2]-gu7 {{%a [u2]-kul2-tum}}
20'. [...]-gu7
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Kagal/Nigga)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P349861

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 054712
Accession Number 1882-05-22, 1039

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.54712
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P349861
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P349861
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1882-0522-1039

References

  • primary: ASJ 20, p.201-216, p. 215-216

    [Veldhuis1998acrographic] Veldhuis, Niek. 1998. “A Late Old Babylonian Proto-Kagal / Nigga Text and the Nature of the Acrographic Lexical Series.” Acta Sumerologica 20: 201–16.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-12-28 at 08:35:41 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View
2016-09-11 at 13:46:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View
2008-05-26 at 05:30:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-11-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“ASJ 20, 215-216 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P349861.
ASJ 20, 215-216 artifact entry (No. P349861). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P349861 (Original work published 2006)
ASJ 20, 215-216 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P349861 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P349861},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“ASJ 20, 215-216 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P349861.
ASJ 20, 215-216 artifact entry (No. P349861). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P349861 (Original work published 2006)
ASJ 20, 215-216 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P349861 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
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	month = {aug 19},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P349861},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P349861},
}


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