UM 55-21-399 (P228930)

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 55-21-399

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Obv: Unidentified list; Rev: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh Lexical; 8.2x4.5x2.7. Birds.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  CM 22 Plate 11 Ni III-02 = UM 55-21-399 (3N-T911f)
tablet
obverse
column 1
1'. buru5#-kar#-[...]
2'. buru5 ugu-[...]
3'. buru5 um-[...]
4'. buru5 zu2#-[...]
5'. buru5-[...]
6'. buru5 edin-[...]
7'. te[{muszen}]
8'. te-uz[{muszen}]
9'. uz[{muszen}]
10'. uz gi4[{muszen}]
11'. uz babbar[{muszen}]
12'. uz kukku5[{muszen}]
13'. kislah#[{muszen}]
14'. [...]-gesz[{muszen}]
15'. [...]-gesz[{muszen}]
16'. [...]-ib[{muszen}]
17'. [...] szu[{muszen}]
reverse
column 1
1. [ki]-ib# {d}<nin>-ka6[{muszen}]
2. ki#-ib-{d}nin-ka6-[masz-masz{muszen}]
3. ir-kun![{muszen}]
4. TAR-TAR{muszen}

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: Unidentified list; Rev: OB Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh Lexical; 8.2x4.5x2.7. Birds.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-399
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0911f
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  • Findspot Comments:

    Nippur, OI/UM: TA 205, level XI 2

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 02:38:04 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 55-21-399 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228930.
UM 55-21-399 artifact entry (No. P228930). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228930 (Original work published 2003)
UM 55-21-399 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228930 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	title = {UM 55-21-399 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228930},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P228930},
}

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