EEN 030, N 5589 (P228500)

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 5589

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Part of a very big tablet, containing the whole gi# section.)

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Witness

obverse
column 1
1'. [...]-ma#
2'. [...] pesz3
3'. [...] haszhur
4'. [...] haszhur#-kur-ra
5'. [...] sze-nu
6'. [...] sze-du10
7'. [...] sze-sze
8'. [...] szinig#
9'. [...] szinig#-dili
10'. [...]-kur-ra
11'. [...]-sza4#-bid3#
column 2
1'. gesz# mes#-[...]
2'. gesz [...]
3'. gesz szu-ur2#-[...]
4'. gesz za-ba#-[...]
5'. gesz e-lam#-[...]
6'. gesz gi-[...]
7'. gesz gi#-[...]
8'. gesz zi#-[...]
9'. gesz [...]
reverse
column 1
1'. gesz [...]
2'. gesz szu#-[...]
3'. gesz igi#-[...]
4'. gesz IGI#-[...]
5'. gesz IGI-[...]
6'. gesz IGI!-KAK#
7'. gesz za-mir-tum#
8'. gesz szu-nir#
9'. gesz gid2-da
10'. gesz# lugud2-da
11'. gesz illar
12'. gesz illar-szub
13'. [...] illar#-e2-pa-na#
14'. [...] LAGAB-illar#
15'. gesz pan
16'. [...]-si-[...]
column 2
1'. [...]-gar#-sur9#
2'. [...] sa#-bi2-tum
3'. [...] mi#-ri2-tum
  1 line erased
5'. [...]-bi2
6'. [...]-gu-la
7'. [...]-har
8'. [...]-na-x
9'. [...]-x-gal2?
10'. [...]-mi2#

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; 2 cols on each side
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7) Part of a very big tablet, containing the whole gi# section.)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: Veldhuis EEN, p. 30, N 5589

    [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 5589
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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 02:23:06 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 030, N 5589 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228500.
EEN 030, N 5589 artifact entry (No. P228500). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228500 (Original work published 2003)
EEN 030, N 5589 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228500 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {EEN 030, {N} 5589 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228500},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228500},
}


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