MSL 08/1, 081 V01 (P228774)

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 29-16-571

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School exercise; forerunner Hh XIII; rev forerunner Hh XV Colophon d.nisaba za//3-mi//2 and number of lines(?).)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. udu niga
2. udu niga sag10
3. udu niga gir2 gu-la
4. udu nita2
5. udu nita2 gesz du3-a
6. udu# u2
7. [udu] utua
8. [udu] a-lum
9. [udu a]-lum# niga
10. udu# a-lum niga# sag10
11. udu a-lum gukkal#
12. gukkal
13. gukkal niga
14. gukkal niga sag10
15. gukkal ib2 la2-a
16. udu TU
17. udu ad4
18. udu ku5-ku5-ra2
19. udu ri-ri-ga
20. udu na de5-ga
21. udu kur-ra
22. udu HI-gi-na
23. udu dingir#-e# KA-a
24. [...] KA#-a
column 2
1. udu sa#-[...]
2. udu sa#-[...]
3. udu si#-il#-la2
4. udu su-si-ga
5. udu su-si-ga kur-ra
6. udu su-si-ga mar-tu
7. udu masz2-szu-gid2-gid2
8. udu masz2-da-ri
9. udu nam-en-na
10. udu nam-erim2-ma
11. udu nam-ra-ak
12. udu e2#-an-na#
13. udu da-[...]
14. udu bar [...]
15. udu bar [...]
16. udu bar [...]
17. udu gir2-tab [...]
18. udu zulumhi(|SIK2.SUD#|)
19. udu gaba
20. udu gaba-ri-a
21. udu igi duh-a
22. udu ur2-[...]
23. udu za3#-[...]
24. udu# [...]
column 3
  1 line missing
2. udu# [...]
3. udu szu-szum#?-[...]
4. udu szu-szum-ma?
5. udu szu-du8-[a]
6. udu sag-ga2 tum2-ma
7. udu zil-qum!(|GUMxSZE|)
8. udu te-er-zum
9. udu BALAG-ma
10. udu sa10!(|NINDA2xTAG.U|)-ma
11. udu szakanka!(|LAM.DI|)-ma
12. udu# siskur2-re
13. udu szud3-de3
14. udu esz3-esz3
15. udu sikil-la-ta#
16. udu sag nu-[...]
reverse
column 1
  traces
column 2
1'. {d}[...]
2'. nig2-bun2#-[...]
3'. KA-SZID#
4'. uh
5'. ba-al-gi4#
6'. szah2#
7'. szah2 gesz-gi
8'. szah2 u4-szu2-usz
9'. szah2 niga
10'. szah2 ma2-gan-na
11'. szah2 nam-erim2#
12'. szah2 zah-eh-[tur]
13'. megidax(KUN)#
14'. [kiszi8]
15'. kiszi8#-[...]
column 3
1'. uzu# gu2#-mur#
2'. uzu |DAG.KISIM5xGA|
3'. uzu |DAG.KISIM5xGA|
4'. uzu te
5'. uzu gu2
6'. uzu gu2-mur7
7'. uzu zu2 kesz2 gu2-mur7
8'. uzu gu2-bala gesz du3-a
9'. uzu za3 udu
10'. uzu sila3 za3 udu
11'. uzu ma-sila3
12'. uzu si ma-sila3
13'. uzu ma-sila3!-dur?
14'. uzu# ti#
column 4
1'. [uzu] x
2'. uzu# sag#-[...]
3'. uzu giri3-[...]
4'. uzu giri3-pa3#-[ra2] gid2-da#
5'. uzu giri3-pa3-ra2 lugud2-da
6'. uzu giri3-pa3-[ra2] hul-hul#
7'. uzu zil-x
8'. uzu te-[...]
9'. uzu BALAG#-[...]
10'. uzu# [...]
11'. uzu szakanka(|DI!.LAM|)#
12'. uzu al-szeg6#-[...]
13'. uzu al-hab2-ba
14'. uzu gu4 banszur
15'. uzu ma-gi
16'. uzu sul(NI)
17'. uzu i3 tab#-ba#
18'. uzu i3 [...]
19'. uzu i3 [...]
20'. uzu i3 [...]
21'. uzu nig2-kid2#-[...]
22'. uzu nig2-[kid2]
column 5
1'. uzu# in#-[...]
2'. uzu# dah#-[...]
3'. uzu dur-en3
4'. {d}nisaba za3-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):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag, upper left corner
  • Join Information:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15) School exercise; forerunner Hh XIII; rev forerunner Hh XV Colophon d.nisaba za//3-mi//2 and number of lines(?).)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MSL 8/1, 081 V01

    [Landsberger1960MSL8/1] Landsberger, Benno. 1960. The Fauna of Ancient Mesopotamia (Part 1). Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon.

  • history: MSL 9, 041 (V4)

    [Landsberger1967MSL9] Sigrist, Marcel, and Benno Landsberger. 1967. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 9.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 29-16-571
  • 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 02:32:56 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 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“MSL 08/1, 081 V01 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228774.
MSL 08/1, 081 V01 artifact entry (No. P228774). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228774 (Original work published 2003)
MSL 08/1, 081 V01 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228774 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MSL 08/1, 081 {V01} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228774},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228774},
}


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