OIP 099, 047 (P225925)

Lexical tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Abu Salabikh), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 070165

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Abu Salabikh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (with drawing)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...]
3'. x x x
4'. x x x
5'. u2#?-a#-{d}inanna
6'. x x x
7'. x x x
8'. ub#-{d}inanna
9'. GAR3
10'. ad#!?-gal2
11'. te#!?-di
12'. [hubur?]-LAK798
13'. [...]
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. [ME?-{d}]nisaba#?
2'. [ME]-{d}nisaba
3'. PAP-PAP-{d}nisaba
4'. sukkal#-{d}nisaba
5'. szidim#?-gal#?-unu#?
6'. i9#-UD#?-AB@g#?
7'. i9#
8'. ME#? x x x x
9'. lahszu#
10'. HA?-SZUBUR#?-|DIMxSZE|#?
11'. |UD.KUSZU2|#
12'. me-en-ti-nam#
13'. me-en-|SZIMxGAR|#
14'. x x x
column 3'
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. x-MUNSUB#!?
3'. x ma-LAK175 x x x
4'. x x x
5'. DAG-|LAGABxHAL|
6'. LAK175#-[{d}inanna]
7'. LAK175-tur3#?
8'. LAK175#-LAK390#
9'. LAK175-<<AN>>-nibru{ki}
10'. me#-en#-PA-GAL-ki
11'. me-en#-PA-GAL-GAN2#?-ki#
12'. x x x
13'. x x x
14'. me#?-en#?-sza#?
15'. x x x
column 4'
  beginning broken
1'. x x x
2'. |PA.LU|? x x
3'. x [...]
4'. sanga#-|LAK79&LAK79xGAN2@t|#?
5'. x x x
6'. PAP#-PA#?-IB#
7'. x x x
8'. PAP#-PA#-IB#
9'. PAP-PA-IB-LAK390
10'. nu:banda3-EN-IB#
11'. sanga-EN#-IB
12'. gal#-ga#-EN#-IB
13'. PA-NAM2#
14'. en-en
column 5'
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. x x x
3'. x x x
4'. SZU-MES
5'. TAK4-LAK387#
6'. sze#?-unu#?
7'. GAL#?-[LAK61?]-PA#?-dingir?
8'. PAP-SAL-NUNUZ!?-ZI#-x-dingir
9'. PAP-sal-HI-|URUxMIN|#
10'. GAL#-ISZ
11'. ur-TAK4-LAK387#?
12'. ezen#?-si#?-sag#-x
13'. ezen#-x-x-sag#?-x
column 6'
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...]
3'. x-[...]
4'. ME#? x-[...]
5'. x x [...]
6'. ME {d#?}x [...] x x
7'. ME {d}x x
8'. [...]
9'. [...]
10'. [...]
11'. [...]
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
  blank space
  rest broken
column 2
1. ME# x [...]
2. ME {d}KI-IG#-SZU
3. ME {d}nin-girimax(|A.HA.BU.DU|)
4. ME {d}nin-gal
5. ME {d}ilx(KISZ)-la
6. ME {d}KISZ
7. ME {d}girid2
8. ME {d}ne3-urugal2
9. ME# {d}DUN-nanna
10. ME {d}DUN-nanna-KI-|LAGABxHAL|
11. ME {d}KAK-IG# x
12. ME {d}giszimmar#-x [x?]
  rest broken
column 3
1. ME# {d}SUD2#
2. ME {d}{nu}NUNUZ
3. ME {d}{nu}NUNUZ:HI
4. ME {d}HA-ESZ2-LU
5. ME {d}gir2:su
6. ME {d}na-ru2
7. ME {d}|SZITA+ME|#-GUR7
8. ME {d}PA-GAL-|URUxX|
9. ME {d}NU-SZID#
10. ME {d}NU-BU-DU
11. ME {d}U2-|(SZE.NUN&NUN)%(SZE.NUN&NUN)|
12. ME {d}GAN-ZI#
  rest broken
  blank space
  save for decorative drawing in upper middle of tablet, and colophon in far left column
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. [il?-su3?]-ERIN2?-x
2'. [il?-su3?]-GAR3
3'. [ur?-{d?}]i7(|A.(LAGABxHAL)|)#
  rest broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (with drawing)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: OIP 99, 47

    [Biggs1974OIP99] Biggs, Robert D. 1974. Inscriptions from Tell Abū Ṣalābīkh. Oriental Institute Publications, Volume 99. Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press.

  • history: OIP 99, p. 30, fig. 28

    [Biggs1974OIP99] Biggs, Robert D. 1974. Inscriptions from Tell Abū Ṣalābīkh. Oriental Institute Publications, Volume 99. Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: IM 070165
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2016-08-31 at 18:36:36 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View
2013-07-07 at 13:17:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-05-26 at 01:47:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2003-08-19 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“OIP 099, 047 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P225925.
OIP 099, 047 artifact entry (No. P225925). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P225925 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 099, 047 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P225925 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {OIP 099, 047 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P225925},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P225925},
}


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