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OIP 011, 073 (P227680)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 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 11694

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical ((Obv)13x(Rev)9 lines; OB copy of ED bird list.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. kiszi6#-bar[{muszen}]
2'. kiszi6#-bar-gu#-[...{muszen}]
3'. e#-sig17[{muszen}]
4'. lib#-lib-bi#-[sig{muszen}]
5'. [...]-IGI#?-ga2#?-[...]
1 line traces
6'. gu4-du7#[{muszen}]
7'. igi-gu4-du7#[{muszen}]
8'. {d}nin-|LAGABxX|#{muszen}
rest broken
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. bi2#-za#-[...]
2'. gir3-mul#[{muszen}]
3'. u4-gesz[{muszen}]
4'. idigna{muszen}
5'. uz-[...]
6'. uz-pap[{muszen}]
7'. uz-bi2-za-gu3-[...]
8'. buru5[{muszen}]
9'. buru5-suhur[{muszen}]
10'. buru5-kiszig[{muszen}]
11'. buru5-{gesz}ad2#[{muszen}]
12'. buru5-az[{muszen}]
13'. ru#-ru#-buru5[{muszen}]
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...]{muszen}
3'. [...] x{muszen}
4'. [...]-na{muszen}
5'. [...]{muszen}
6'. [...]{muszen}
7'. [...]{muszen}
8'. [...]{muszen}
9'. [...]-x{muszen}
10'. [...]{muszen}
11'. [...]{muszen}
12'. [...]{muszen#}

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Consult word list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: Tablet frag, center part
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical ((Obv)13x(Rev)9 lines; OB copy of ED bird list.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: OIP 11, 073

[Chiera1929OIP11] Chiera, Edward. 1929. Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur. Vol. 11. 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: MSL 8/2, 125f.

[Landsberger1962MSL8/2] Landsberger, Benno. 1962. The Fauna of the Ancient Mesopotamia. Second Part. ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu Tablets XIV and XVII. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 8/2. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 11694
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:
Nippur II

Chronology

Period: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced:
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Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2016-08-31 at 18:48:06	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	approved
2008-05-26 at 01:51:34	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	approved

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Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Score
CDLI Lexical 000018 (ED Birds) composite (P499076)	View the score

Notes

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“OIP 011, 073 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227680.

OIP 011, 073 artifact entry (No. P227680). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227680 (Original work published 2003)

OIP 011, 073 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227680 (Accessed: April 26, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227680},
}

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