OIP 011, 013 (P228081)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 09876

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, List of ideograms; (Obv)(i)15x(ii)19x(iii)13x(Obv)(iv)2x(v)12x(vi)13 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

  CBS 09876 = MSL 07: 180 = V34 = MSL 7: 197 = V1 = MSL 07: 211 = V21 = SLT 13
tablet
obverse
column 1
  n lines missing
  1 line traces
2. [...] x
3. [...] BI
4. [{gi}a-gir5]-gir5#
5. [{gi}a-da]-gir5#
6. [{gi}sag]-gal
7. [{gi}sag]-ku5
8. [{gi}da]-buru3
9. [{gi}]agarin4(|(GA2xAN)#.SZIM|)# sa2-a
10. [{gi}a]-dag
11. [{gi}pa3] szub-ba
12. [{gi}]hanzalub(|SZA3#.GI|)#
13. [{gi}pa] gi
14. [{gi}ur2] gi
15. [{gi}suhusz] gi
  1 line traces
  rest of column broken
column 2
  n lines missing
1. gi# [...]
2. {gi}bur2(|KA#x[IM]|)#
3. {gi}bur2(|KAxIM|) szu
4. {gi}gab2-il2#
5. gi-ha-an
6. gi#-ha-an siki
7. {gi}zu2
8. {gi}umbin-na#
9. {gi}mud2 umbin-na#
10. gi-sab
11. {gi}sun(BAD)
12. {gi}sun(BAD)
13. {gi}usz2(BAD)
14. {gi}henbur(KAK)
15. gi-LUGAL
16. {dug#}{la}lahtanx(|NUNUZ.AB2xTAB|)
17. {dug}{la}lahtanx(|NUNUZ.AB2xTAB|) gid2-da
18. {dug}dur2 lahtan(|NUNUZ#.AB2#xX|)#
19. {dug#}dur2 lahtanx(|NUNUZ#.AB2xTAB|)#
20. [{dug}a] nag#!
  rest of column broken
column 3
  n lines missing
1. {dug#}[la-ha-nu-um]
2. {dug#}[za-ad-ru-um]
3. dug# [gesztin-na]
4. dug# [NE@s-la2]
5. {dug}sab#
6. {dug}sab# [lal3]
7. {dug}sab [i3-gesz]
8. {dug}sab [i3-nun]
9. {dug}sab i3# [sag]
10. {dug}sab i3# [szah]
11. {dug}sab i3# [du10-ga]
12. {dug}[szagan]
13. {dug}szagan kusz si#-[ga]
14. {dug}gur4-[gur4]
15. [{dug}]gur4#-gur4# [lal3]
  rest of column broken
reverse
column 1
  n lines missing
1. {kusz#}[...]
2. {kusz}[...]
  1 line traces
  rest of column broken
column 2
  n lines missing
1. [{kusz}]ka#-ba#-bu#-um
2. {kusz#}e2 ka-ba-bu-um
3. {kusz}ka-tab ansze
4. {kusz}gu4-tab ansze
5. {kusz}igi-tab ansze#
6. {kusz#}kir4-tab# [ansze]
  1 line broken
8. {kusz}usan3#-[la2]
9. {kusz}KA#-[usan3]
10. {kusz}[ama-usan3]
11. {kusz}[hesz5 de6]
12. {kusz#}[im-x]
  rest of column broken
column 3
  n lines missing
1. uruda
2. [{uruda}nig2]-kal#-ga
3. uruda# za-ri2-in
4. uruda luh-ha
5. {uruda}szen
6. {uruda}szen [ku3]
7. [{uruda}]szen# [dilim2]
8. [{uruda}szen] za#-hum#
9. [{uruda}szen] zi-ir
10. [{uruda}]zi-ir GAR
11. {uruda#}lib-bi-da
12. {uruda#}ha-bu-da
13. {uruda#}[ubri]
  rest of column broken

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):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, center part
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, List of ideograms; (Obv)(i)15x(ii)19x(iii)13x(Obv)(iv)2x(v)12x(vi)13 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: OIP 11,, 013

    [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.

  • history: MSL 7, 180 (V34)

    [Civil1959MSL7] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1959. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 7.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 09876
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

    Nippur II, Tablet Hill

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 02:09:20 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

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“OIP 011, 013 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228081.
OIP 011, 013 artifact entry (No. P228081). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228081 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 013 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228081 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
@misc{2023OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {OIP 011, 013 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228081},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P228081
LB  - CDLI:P228081
M1  - 2024/3/29/
TI  - OIP 011, 013 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228081
ER  - 
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.