PBS 05, 138 (P228072)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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 09858

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: ugu-mu bilingual; Rev: P-Izi 1 Obv.bilingual phrases; Rev.sign list; (Obv)(i)9x(Rev)(ii)8x(iii)16x(iv)12x(v)8 lines. Clearly type II text, but with very little room for student's exercise!)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  CBS 09858 = MSL 9: 67-68 = PBS 5 138 = B6
tablet
obverse
1. [kiri3]-gu10 = %a ap-pi
2. [pa-ag2]-ta# kiri3-gu10 = %a na-pi-isz a-pi-ia
3. pa-ag2 kiri3-gu10 = %a na-hi-ir a-pi-ia
4. tumu kiri3-gu10 = %a sza-ar a-pi-ia
5. sag kiri3-gu10 = %a ri-[esz] a-pi-ia
6. szag4 kiri3-gu10 = %a li#-ib#-bi# [a-pi-ia]
7. buru3 kiri3-gu10 = %a pi#-li#-isz# a#-pi-[ia]
8. siki kiri3-gu10 = %a ha-za-ar#-ti# [a-pi-ia]
9. [bad3] kiri3-gu10 = %a du-ur a#-pi#-ia#
  rest broken
reverse
  Proto-Izi I

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: Tablet frag,
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: ugu-mu bilingual; Rev: P-Izi 1 Obv.bilingual phrases; Rev.sign list; (Obv)(i)9x(Rev)(ii)8x(iii)16x(iv)12x(v)8 lines. Clearly type II text, but with very little room for student's exercise!)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: PBS 5, 138

    [Poebel1914PBS5] Poebel, Arno. 1914. Historical and Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 5. University Museum, Pennsylvania.

  • history: MSL 9, 066 B6

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

  • history: MSL 13, 016 Z2

    [Landsberger1971MSL13] Landsberger, Benno, Marcel Sigrist, and Erica Reiner. 1971. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 13.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 09858
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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    Nippur II, Tablet Hill

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 02:09:03 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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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 05, 138 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228072.
PBS 05, 138 artifact entry (No. P228072). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228072 (Original work published 2003)
PBS 05, 138 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228072 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {PBS 05, 138 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228072},
}

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