NMSI — (P241948)

Lexical tablet excavated in Ebla (mod. Tell Mardikh), dated to the Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Syria, Idlib, Syria

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Syria, Idlib, Syria

Museum Number

NMSI —

Period

Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)

Provenience

Ebla (mod. Tell Mardikh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical

Language(s)

Eblaite

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. da-da-tum
 en: an equid?
2. NI-me-ga-tum
 en: an equid?
3. ag-lum
 en: donkey
4. sze3-bar-ru12
 en: ibex
5. na-me-lum
 en: leopard
6. a-zu-um
 en: bear
7. mu-da-ne-num2
 en: tiger or cheetah
8. ansze#?-su#?-su-um
 en: horse (?)
9. ga-da-um
 en: a rodent
10. sa-na-ag-da-um
 en: lynx?
11. u3-na-[x]-um#?
column 2
1. asz-lu-gu2 mar-ru12 AK
 en: (a kind of animal)
2. zu-bu3-gu2-um
 en: a kind of rodent
3. gi-ba-sum
 en: hedgehog?
4. szu-ga-tum
 en: a kind of rodent
5. u3-szu-mu-um
 en: dormouse
6. ha-ma-zi-ru12!-um
 en: large mouse, rat
7. la-ag-la-gum2
 en: a kind of rodent
8. u9-ga-um
 en: a kind of rodent
9. ba-ar-tum
 en: mongoose
  (20)
10. si-hi-ra-um
 en: shrew-mouse (?)
  (21)
11. a-ra-bu3-um
 en: dormouse
column 3
1. |GU4xDISZ|-a
 en: acquatic animal?
2. hu-da-um
 en: (a kind of lizard)
3. za-ri2 me-BU-tum
 en: (a kind of reptile)
4. hir2-ba-um
 en: chameleon
5. al6-la-a-tum
 en: crab
6. musz
 en: snake
7. musz 2(disz) sag
 en: two-headed snake
8. MUSZ gi-su-ri2
 en: snake of the roof beams
9. ba-sza-nu-um
 en: horned viper
10. sze3-ra-hu-um
 en: little snake
11. musz ar3-ti
 en: snake living in foliage
  (33)
column 4
1. MUSZ gi-na-ri2-im
 en: vine snake
2. s,i2-ir-tum
 en: female snake
3. MUSZ A
 en: water snake
4. GIDIM
5. szarx(NE)-sza-gu2-ul-tum
 en: a kind of insect
6. gur-gur kaskal-tum
 en: a kind of insect
7. za-zu-um
 en: moth
8. na-bu3
 en: insect eggs; nit
9. bur-ha-sum
 en: flea
10-11. zu-zu-lu a
 en: probably water cicada
12. gul-zi?-bi2?-tum
 en: butterfly
column 5
1. ri2-ma-tum
 en: maggot (?)
2. sze3!-bu3 SAHAR
 en: (a kind of big fly)
  this most likely represents erbu (locust) // bir5.
3. sze3-bu2 ti-ga-me
 en: (a kind of flying insect)
4. na-isz gar3-ga-ri2-im
 en: vermin
5. mu-num2
 en: larva, caterpillar
6. mu-num2
 en: (a kind of larva, caterpillar)
7. dur-ha-sum
reverse
column 1
1. bi2-zi-zi-na-um
 en: (a kind of mollusc with a shell)
2. zu-zu-ha-num2
 en: (a kind of insect)
3. sa-a-tum
 en: “(a kind of (biting?) insect)”
4. za-za-ru12-um
 en: cricket
5. is-ga-bu3-um
 en: earthworm
6. EN-u9-um
 en: (a kind of insect)
column 2
1. u9-bu3-um
 en: (a kind of small insect)
2. da-ri2-idx(NI) szu-ga-ga-bi2
 en: scorpion nurse
3. ama-ug5-um
 en: probably (a kind of edible locust or crustacean)
4. gu2-li-lu-um
 en: dragonfly
5. a-za-ma-mi-tum
 en: mite infesting the flour
6. me-sa AK
 en: (a kind of insect)
7. la-ma-an
 en: ant
8. BIR5:SI
 en: (a kind of flying insect) (?)
9. si-na-mu-um
 en: (a kind of insect) (?)

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)
Consult word list of Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • history: Pettinato, Giovanni, MEE 04, 116 [1982],

    [sec43558] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: NMSI —
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Ebla (mod. Tell Mardikh)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: TM.75.G.02395
  • Findspot Square: L 2769
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2016-08-31 at 18:47:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View
2004-06-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“NMSI — Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P241948.
NMSI — artifact entry (No. P241948). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P241948 (Original work published 2004)
NMSI — artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P241948 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
@misc{2023NMSI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {NMSI --- artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P241948},
}

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