UM 55-21-299 (P228906)

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 55-21-299

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh4 (st School exercise; Fore Hh XVI; 6 lines; 3.8x6.4. Lines 156-161.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  UM 55-21-299 = 3N-T282
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. {na4#}[u2]
2. {na4}u2 buru3-buru3-[da]
3. {na4}zi-ib-tum#
4. {na4}szu-hu-um#
5. [...]-pa#-zum#
6. [...]-ar#-tum#
reverse
column 1
  1 line traces
2'. [...] 2(u) [...]
3'. [...] 1(u) 5(disz) [...]
  3 lines illegible

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 chip
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Lexical (Obv: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh4 (st School exercise; Fore Hh XVI; 6 lines; 3.8x6.4. Lines 156-161.)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-299
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: 3N-T0282
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

    Nippur, OI/UM 1951-52: TA gen, level XI

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 02:36:56 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 000041 (OB Nippur Ura 04) composite (P498271) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“UM 55-21-299 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228906.
UM 55-21-299 artifact entry (No. P228906). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228906 (Original work published 2003)
UM 55-21-299 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228906 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
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	title = {UM 55-21-299 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228906},
}


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