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OIP 011, 017 (P229350)

Lexical, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	OIP 011, 017
ID	P229350
Museum no.	CBS 06544
Collection	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Lexical
Find spot	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates	32.1271, 45.2300

English translation

By Chiera, Edward · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

Line	English
Obverse Column i [0:1] o i 1o i 1–o i 1o i 1	water
Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 22–o i 22	bread
Obverse Column i [2:3] o i 33–o i 33	beer
Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 44–o i 44	soup
Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 55–o i 55	good quality soup
Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 66–o i 66	chickpea soup
Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 77–o i 77	lentil soup
Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 88–o i 88	soup made with vetch
Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 99–o i 99	soup made with the flour of the (...) pulse
Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 1010–o i 1010	soup made with (...)
Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 1111–o i 1111	soup made with barley groats
Obverse Column i [11:12] o i 1212–o i 1212	soup made with turnips
Obverse Column i [12:13] o i 1313–o i 1313	soup made with the dunla plant
Obverse Column i [13:14] o i 1414–o i 1414	soup made with the lubšir plant
Obverse Column i [14:15] o i 1515–o i 1515	soup made with the adar plant
Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 1o ii 1–o ii 1o ii 1	sweetened beer
Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 22–o ii 22	(...) sweetened beer
Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 33–o ii 33	(...) sweetened beer
Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 44–o ii 44	(...) sweetened beer
Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 55–o ii 55	(...) sweetened beer
Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 66–o ii 66	(...) sweetened beer
Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii 77–o ii 77	(...) sweetened beer
Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii 88–o ii 88	great sweetened beer
Obverse Column ii [8:9] o ii 99–o ii 99	sweetened beer exposed to a lot of sunlight
Obverse Column ii [9:10] o ii 1010–o ii 1010	mixed sweetened beer
Obverse Column ii [10:11] o ii 1111–o ii 1111	(...) sweetened beer
Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii 1212–o ii 1212	stirred sweetened beer
Obverse Column ii [12:13] o ii 1313–o ii 1313	sweetened beer for an edadi offering
Obverse Column ii [13:14] o ii 1414–o ii 1414	beer for royal consumption
Obverse Column ii [14:15] o ii 1515–o ii 1515	good quality beer
Obverse Column ii [15:16] o ii 1616–o ii 1616	ordinary quality beer
Obverse Column iii [0:1] o iii 1o iii 1–o iii 1o iii 1	beer exposed to a lot of sunlight
Obverse Column iii [1:2] o iii 22–o iii 22	premium beer at three times' strength
Obverse Column iii [4:5] o iii 66–o iii 66	beer of a hurum container
Obverse Column iii [5:6] o iii 77–o iii 77	(...) beer
Obverse Column iii [6:7] o iii 88–o iii 88	heated beer
Obverse Column iii [7:8] o iii 99–o iii 99	cold beer
Obverse Column iii [8:9] o iii 1010–o iii 1010	(...) beer
Obverse Column iii [9:10] o iii 1111–o iii 1111	beer that is (...) with smoke
Obverse Column iii [10:11] o iii 1212–o iii 1212	(...) beer
Obverse Column iii [11:12] o iii 1313–o iii 1313	(...) beer
Obverse Column iii [12:13] o iii 1414–o iii 1414	fresh beer
Obverse Column iii [13:14] o iii 1515–o iii 1515	stale beer
Obverse Column iii [14:15] o iii 1616–o iii 1616	beer that is (...) together
Obverse Column iv [0:1] o iv 1o iv 1–o iv 1o iv 1	(...) bran
Obverse Column iv [1:2] o iv 22–o iv 22	good quality bran
Obverse Column iv [2:3] o iv 33–o iv 33	ordinary quality bran
Obverse Column iv [3:4] o iv 44–o iv 44	(...) bran
Obverse Column iv [4:5] o iv 77–o iv 77	(...) flour
Obverse Column iv [5:6] o iv 88–o iv 88	fine emmer flour
Obverse Column iv [6:7] o iv 99–o iv 99	coarse flour
Obverse Column iv [7:8] o iv 1010–o iv 1010	fine flour
Obverse Column iv [8:9] o iv 1111–o iv 1111	good quality fine flour
Obverse Column iv [9:10] o iv 1212–o iv 1212	second quality fine four
Obverse Column iv [10:11] o iv 213213–o iv 213213	ordinary quality fine flour
Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1'r i 1'–r i 1'r i 1'	(...) barley
Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 2'2'–r i 2'2'	(...) barley
Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 3'3'–r i 3'3'	one-fourth (...) barley
Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 4'4'–r i 4'4'	spring barley
Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 5'5'–r i 5'5'	muš barley
Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 6'6'–r i 6'6'	gathered barley
Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 7'7'–r i 7'7'	(...) barley
Reverse Column i [7:8] r i 8'8'–r i 8'8'	straw
Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 9'9'–r i 9'9'	barley stubble
Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 10'10'–r i 10'10'	fig
Reverse Column i [10:11] r i 1111–r i 1111	(...) figs
Reverse Column i [11:12] r i 1212–r i 1212	(...) figs
Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii 1'r ii 1'–r ii 1'r ii 1'	(...) pomegranates
Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 2'2'–r ii 2'2'	(...) pomegranates
Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 3'3'–r ii 3'3'	(...) pomegranates
Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 4'4'–r ii 4'4'	sweet pomegranates
Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 5'5'–r ii 5'5'	(...) pomegranates
Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 6'6'–r ii 6'6'	pomegranates with seeds plucked from their rinds
Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 7'7'–r ii 7'7'	large pomegranates
Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 8'8'–r ii 8'8'	fruit of the pomegranate
Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 9'9'–r ii 9'9'	bunch of fruit
Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii 10'10'–r ii 10'10'	bunch of grapes
Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 11'11'–r ii 11'11'	bunch of ŋipar fruit
Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii 12'12'–r ii 12'12'	bunch of plums
Reverse Column ii [12:13] r ii 13'13'–r ii 13'13'	bunch of figs
Reverse Column ii [13:14] r ii 14'14'–r ii 14'14'	bunch of apples
Reverse Column ii [14:15] r ii 15'15'–r ii 15'15'	bunch of pomegranates
Reverse Column iii [0:1] r iii 1'r iii 1'–r iii 1'r iii 1'	(...) dates
Reverse Column iii [1:2] r iii 2'2'–r iii 2'2'	low quality dates
Reverse Column iii [2:3] r iii 3'3'–r iii 3'3'	bad, seedless dates
Reverse Column iii [3:4] r iii 4'4'–r iii 4'4'	selected fresh dates
Reverse Column iii [4:5] r iii 5'5'–r iii 5'5'	dates from Dilmun
Reverse Column iii [5:6] r iii 6'6'–r iii 6'6'	(...) dates
Reverse Column iii [6:7] r iii 7'7'–r iii 7'7'	date palm spadix
Reverse Column iii [7:8] r iii 8'8'–r iii 8'8'	nook of the date (palm?)
Reverse Column iii [8:9] r iii 9'9'–r iii 9'9'	basket used for collecting dates
Reverse Column iii [9:10] r iii 10'10'–r iii 10'10'	space around the date (palm) (for date collection)
Reverse Column iii [10:11] r iii 11'11'–r iii 11'11'	basket or bunch of fruit
Reverse Column iii [11:12] r iii 12'12'–r iii 12'12'	basket or bunch of dates
Reverse Column iii [12:13] r iii 13'13'–r iii 13'13'	basket or bunch of figs
Reverse Column iii [13:14] r iii 14'14'–r iii 14'14'	basket or bunch of apples
Reverse Column iii [14:15] r iii 15'15'–r iii 15'15'	basket or bunch of grapes

Transliteration (ATF)

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse col 1
1	a
2	ninda
3	kasz#
4	tu7#
5	[tu7] sag10
6	[tu7 gu2] gal#
7	[tu7 gu2] tur
8	[tu7 gu2 nig2-ar3]-ra
9	[tu7 zi3] gu2# ASZ
10	[tu7 ...] gu2#?-ur
11	[tu7] ar#-za-na
12	[tu7] lu#-ub2#{sar}
13	[tu7] dun3-la2{sar}
14	[tu7] \|(SU.LU.ESZ2.LAGAR@g)&(SU.LU.ESZ2.LAGAR@g)\|{sar}
15	[tu7 a]-dar{sar}
obverse col 2
1	{kasz#}dida#
2	{kasz#}dida x#
3	{kasz#}dida# [...]
4	{kasz#}dida# [...]
5	{kasz#}dida# [...]
6	{kasz#}dida# [...]
7	{kasz#}dida# SZIM#?-[...]
8	{kasz}dida gu-la
9	{kasz}dida u4 tab-ba
10	{kasz}dida al?-hi-a
11	{kasz}dida \|KAxA\|-ge#
12	{kasz}dida lu3-a
13	{kasz}dida e2-du-di
14	kasz nag lugal
15	kasz sag10
16	[kasz] gen
obverse col 3
1	[kasz u4] tab-ba
2	[kasz] mah# 3(disz)-ta#-[am3]
3	[...] SZIM# [...]
4	[...] kar2
6	[kasz] hu#-ru#-um
7	kasz im-ma
8	kasz kum2-ma#
9	kasz szed7(\|MUSZ3xA.DI\|)-da
10	kasz ma-ra#-ah-a
11	kasz i-bi2 du7-a
12	kasz IN din
13	kasz SAR
14	kasz gibil
15	kasz libir
16	kasz tesz2-a [...]
obverse col 4
1	duh# [...]
2	duh# sag10#
3	duh# gen#
4	duh x# [...]
7	zi3 x#
8	zi3 gu2-nida#
9	zi3-sig15
10	zi3-gu#
11	zi3-gu sag10
12	zi3-gu us2
213	zi3-[gu] gen
reverse col 1
1'	sze# [...]
2'	sze igi x# [...]
3'	sze igi-za-[...]
4'	sze [esztub]
5'	sze-musz5#?
6'	sze de5-de5-ga#
7'	sze gu2 [...]
8'	in [sze?]
9'	szub5# [sze]
10'	pesz3
11	pesz3 PA x# x# x#
12	pesz3 [...]
reverse col 2
1'	nu-[ur2-ma ...]
2'	nu-ur2-[ma ...]
3'	nu-ur2-ma [...]
4'	nu-ur2-ma ku7-[ku7]
5'	nu-ur2-ma x x
6'	nu-ur2-ma pu2 x x
7'	nu-ur2-ma gal
8'	gurun nu-ur2-ma
9'	ga-ra-an
10'	ga-ra-an gesztin
11'	ga-ra-an ge6-par3
12'	ga-ra-an szennur
13'	ga-ra-an pesz3
14'	ga-ra-an haszhur
15'	ga-ra#-an# nu#-ur2#-ma#
reverse col 3
1'	zu2-lum# [...]
2'	zu2-lum za-ri2-in
3'	zu2-lum szag4-sud
4'	zu2-lum bar-UD
5'	zu2-lum dilmun
6'	zu2-lum# GISZ x-u4-da
7'	a2-an zu2-lum
8'	a2-bur2 zu2-lum
9'	kid-da zu2-lum
10'	nigin-na zu2-lum
11'	szu-gur5
12'	szu-gur5 zu2-lum
13'	szu-gur5# pesz3
14'	szu-gur5 haszhur
15'	szu-gur5 gesztin

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