UM 29-15-179 (P228611)

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

UM 29-15-179

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, School exercise; Forerunner Hh?--urudu; rev colophon?; 5x0x5x2 lines. Rev. zabar; obv. urudu. Rev. 1' za-ha-da-zabar (19a) 2' ka-ak-ta-ru-um-zabar (18) 3' #u[m-m]e-zabar (20) Obv. in larger writing has MSL 7, 225:178-183. Rev. has the 'end of exercise')

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

  UM 29-15-179
tablet
obverse
  n lines missing
1. ha-zi#-[in] gu2#-[bir5-ra{muszen}{zabar}]
2. ka-ak-ta-ru-um[{zabar}]
3. [za-ha-da]{zabar}
4. szum#-me#{zabar}
reverse
1. {uruda}[...] x#-DIM2
  x looks like KU
2. {uruda}sag11
3. {uruda#}sag11# gal
4. [{uruda}nig2-de2]-a
5. [{uruda}nig2-sud]-a
  1 line traces
  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):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, upper left corner, 2 cols
  • Join Information:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, School exercise; Forerunner Hh?--urudu; rev colophon?; 5x0x5x2 lines. Rev. zabar; obv. urudu. Rev. 1' za-ha-da-zabar (19a) 2' ka-ak-ta-ru-um-zabar (18) 3' #u[m-m]e-zabar (20) Obv. in larger writing has MSL 7, 225:178-183. Rev. has the 'end of exercise')
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 29-15-179
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 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 02:27:27 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 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“UM 29-15-179 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228611.
UM 29-15-179 artifact entry (No. P228611). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228611 (Original work published 2003)
UM 29-15-179 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228611 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {UM 29-15-179 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228611},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228611},
}

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