OIP 011, 169 (P229180)

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 06419

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 Hh1 (gi_ Big middle part of a tablet; all edges lost. Model text on the obverse is badly damaged: clothing; including [tug//2]-mu-sir//2-ra (MSL 10, p.147: 65). Left bottom corner of reverse is deteriorated since copied by Chiera. Obv.: [tug//2-guz-za]-sag [tug//2)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  CBS 6419 = SLT 169
tablet
obverse
column 1
1'. [...]-ib#-ka
2'. [tug2 bar]-dul5
3'. [tug2 bar-dul5] husz#-a
4'. [tug2 bar-dul5 ...] ur4#-a
5'. [tug2] mu#-ra#
6'. [tug2] mu-dur7-ra
7'. [...]-KIN#?
reverse
column 1
1'. gesz [...]
2'. gesz ma2-[...]
3'. gesz ma2-ma2#*-[...]
4'. gesz ma2-su?#-[...]
5. gesz ma2-dim-[...]
6'. gesz ma2-NE#
7'. gesz ma2-[...]
8'. gesz ma2 1(gesz2)-[...]
9'. gesz [...]
column 2
1'. gesz#
2'. gesz ma2#-[...]
3'. gesz ma2-an#-[...]
4'. gesz ma2-asz-te#
5'. gesz ma2-gur8-{d}nin-lil2
6'. gesz ma2-gur8-{d}da-mu
7'. gesz ma2-kar-ME-nun-ta-e3-a
8'. gesz ma2-dara3-abzu#
9'. gesz ma2-nu-ri
10'. gesz ma2#-nu#-ub-zu
11'. gesz ma2-dilmun-na
12'. gesz ma2-u3-ma2#
13'. gesz e2-ma2
14'. gesz si-ma2
15'. gesz ansze-ma2
16'. gesz dim2#-[...]
column 3
1'. [...] u5-zi-pa-ah-ma2
2'. gesz egir-ma2
3'. gesz pesz-esz3-ma2
4'. gesz ma2-addir#*
5'. gesz ma2-du3
6'. gesz gir2-ma2-du3
7'. gesz usz2-ma2-du3
8'. gesz durgul
9'. gesz an-ta-durgul
10'. gesz zi#-gan
11'. gesz dilim2-zi-gan
12'. gesz sig#-zi#-gan
13'. gesz ti-bala
14'. gesz zi-in-hur
15'. gesz gag
16'. gesz ir
17'. [...] szibir#
column 4
1'. [...]-bar
2'. [...] gigir#
3'. [...]-e2-gigir
4'. [...]-e2-usan3-gigir
5'. [...] SUM#-KI-A-gigir
6'. gesz GUL-gigir
7'. gesz# sahar-gi-gigir
8'. gesz# su-din-gigir
9'. gesz# su-lum-PA-gigir
10'. gesz sag-kul-gigir
11'. [...] sag#-dur2-gigir
12'. [...] giri3#-gub-gigir
13'. [...] mud#-gigir

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 Hh4 (stones, plants, fish, birds, clothing: Hh 16-19); Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_ Big middle part of a tablet; all edges lost. Model text on the obverse is badly damaged: clothing; including [tug//2]-mu-sir//2-ra (MSL 10, p.147: 65). Left bottom corner of reverse is deteriorated since copied by Chiera. Obv.: [tug//2-guz-za]-sag [tug//2)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: OIP 11,, 169

    [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 06419
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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 02:54:14 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, 169 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229180.
OIP 011, 169 artifact entry (No. P229180). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229180 (Original work published 2003)
OIP 011, 169 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229180 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {OIP 011, 169 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229180},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229180},
}


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