EEN 305, N 4039 (P228226)

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

N 4039

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; woods; Hh V?; 21x23 lines. Boats.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

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column 1
1'. gesz ma2-[...]
2'. gesz ma2-da-[...]
3'. gesz ma2-[...]-pesz#
4'. gesz ma2-pesz-pesz#
5'. gesz ma2-e-gi4
6'. gesz ma2-ma2-ri2
7'. gesz ma2#-su-a
8'. gesz ma2-dim-du11#-ga
9'. gesz ma2-NE
10'. gesz ma2-du8
11'. gesz ma2 1(gesz2)-gur
12'. gesz ma2-5(u)-gur
13'. gesz ma2-4(u)-gur
14'. gesz ma2-3(u)-gur
15'. gesz ma2-1(u) 5(disz)-gur
16'. gesz ma2-1(u) 5(disz)-gur
17'. gesz ma2-1(u)-[...]
18'. gesz ma2-5(disz)-[...]
19'. gesz ma2-tur?
20'. gesz ma2-an#
21'. gesz ma2-[...]
column 2
  2 lines missing
3. [...] dara3#-[...]
4. [...] ma2-nu-[...]
5. gesz# ma2-UD-nu-ri
6. gesz# ma2-dilmun-na
7. [...] u3-ma2
8. [...] e2-ma2
9. [...] e2-ma2
10. [...] ansze#-ma2
11. gesz dim-ma2
12. gesz dab5-ma2
13. gesz# lu2-KA-ma2
14. gesz# e2-zi-pa-ah-ma2
15. gesz egir-ma2
16. gesz pesz-esz2-ma2
17. gesz ma2-addir
18. gesz ma2-du3
19. gesz za3-ma2-du3
20. gesz gir2-ma2-du3
21. gesz usz2-ma2-du3
22. [...] durgul#
23. [...] durgul#

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
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, right side, obv erased, rev 2 cols
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: Not preserved; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Lexical; woods; Hh V?; 21x23 lines. Boats.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 305, N 4039

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

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  • Museum No.: N 4039
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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 02:12:33 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 305, N 4039 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228226.
EEN 305, N 4039 artifact entry (No. P228226). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228226 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 305, N 4039 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228226 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 305, {N} 4039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228226},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228226},
}


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