EEN 298, CBS 02260 (P227894)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 02260

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Lexical; (Obv)3x13x21 lines. Beginning of gi# list, obv. empty.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

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column 1
1. gesz taszkarin
2. gesz# esi
3. gesz nu11
4. gesz ha-lu-ub2#
5. gesz sza3-kal
6. gesz kin2
7. gesz gi6
8. gesz gesztin#
9. gesz gesztin#-kir4?
10. gesz gesztin-ka5#-[...]
11. gesz# gesztin#-gam-ma
12. gesz# pesz3
13. gesz haszhur
14. gesz haszhur-[...]-ra
15. gesz sze-nu
16. gesz sze-du10
17. gesz sze-sze
18. gesz szinig
19. gesz szinig-dili
20. gesz szinig-kur-ra
21. gesz# szarx(NE)-sza4#-bid3#
column 2
1. [...] MES-[...]-sza4-bid3
2. gesz lam#
3. gesz LAM#
4. gesz u3-suh5
5. gesz sze-u3-suh5
6. gesz bir#-GAM-la-e
7. gesz szim-gig
8. gesz szennur
9. gesz lam-gal
10. gesz lam-tur#
11. [...] x-um
12. gesz ildag2#
13. gesz ildag2-[...]
  traces of 5 lines
19. [...]-par4#
20. [...]-nu
21. [...]-AK#
column 3
  9-10 lines broken
1'. gesz e-lam-ma-kum#
2'. [...] gi-ri2-lum#
3'. [...] gi-rim
4'. [...] ur?-nu-um

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, obv.erased, 3 cols.
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Lexical; (Obv)3x13x21 lines. Beginning of gi# list, obv. empty.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 298, CBS 2260

    [Veldhuis1997EEN] Veldhuis, Niek. 1997. “Elementary Education at Nippur. The Lists of Trees and Wooden Objects.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

  • citation: OIP 11,, p.14 (unpub. dup.)

    [Chiera1929OIP11] Chiera, Edward. 1929. Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur. Vol. 1. Oriental Institute Publications. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/oip-11-cuneiform-series-volume-i-sumerian-lexical-texts-temple-school.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 02260
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Findspot Comments:

    Nippur, Tablet Hill E. side of Shatt en-Nil

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
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2008-05-26 at 01:56:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“EEN 298, CBS 02260 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227894.
EEN 298, CBS 02260 artifact entry (No. P227894). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227894 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 298, CBS 02260 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227894 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 298, {CBS} 02260 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227894},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P227894},
}


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