OIP 011, 140 (P229175)

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

CBS 06407

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))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

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column 1
1. gesz [...]
2. gesz esi#
3. gesz nu11
4. gesz lu-ub2-ha
5. gesz sza3#-kal
6. gesz kin2
  line broken
8. gesz [...]
9. gesz gesztin-[...]
10. gesz gesztin-ka5#-a
11. gesz gesztin-gam-ma
  1 line blank
13. gesz pesz3
14. gesz haszhur-MA
15. gesz haszhur-kur
16. gesz sze-du10
17. gesz sze-[...]
column 2
1. [...] sze#-sze#
2. gesz# szinig
3. gesz# szinig-dili
4. gesz# szinig-kur-ra
5. [...] szarx(NE)-sza4-bid3
6. [...] szarx(NE)-sza4-bid3
7. [...] lam
8. [...] LAM
9. [...] u3-suh5
10. [...]-suh5
  5 lines missing
16. [...]-ra#
17. [...]-um
18. [...] ildag2
19. [...]-kur
obverse
column 1
1. gesz ur-nu-um
2. gesz ti-a-ru-um
3. gesz ri2-a-nu-um
4. gesz ur-zi#-num2
5. gesz mi#-[...]-gar#-ra
6. gesz isimu2#
7. gesz nimbar#
8. gesz nimbar-tur
9. gesz nimbar-kur
10. gesz nimbar-dilmun-na
11. gesz nimbar-al-dar-ra

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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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: OIP 11,, 140

    [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: Veldhuis EEN, p. 301

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

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  • Museum No.: CBS 06407
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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 02:53:32 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
“OIP 011, 140 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229175.
OIP 011, 140 artifact entry (No. P229175). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229175 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 140 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229175 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {OIP 011, 140 artifact entry},
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}

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