Fs Reiner 387 (P258027)

Prayer tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00574

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Gods of the Night Hymn or incantation; 12 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...]-ki# mu-szi-TE na#-[...]
 en: [I (have) call(ed) out to y[ou, O Night ...]
2. x-[x]-ir DI MI ki# [...]
 en: [...]
3. {d#}utu li-x-[x] tar-[...]
 en: Shamash ...
4. na-ab-t,u2# za-x-[x x]-sze-ti-[x]
 en: Brilliant are the ...
5. er-pe-et la ka-la i-szu x x x [x]
 en: She (the Night) is darkened ...
6. e-ma sza-ak-nu ma-la ma-s,u2-u2 ka#?-[ak-ka-bu]
 en: Wherever they are, as long as there are s[tars?]
7. sza? ar GA al li il ma sza MI [x x x x]
 en: [...]
8. na-ak-du i-lu i-na mu-szi-im
 en: The gods flicker in the night,
9. na-s,a-ru na-ap-sza-tim a-szar nam-tar#-ri-[im]
 en: to protect life in the place of f[ate].
10. in su-in {d}utu it-te-er-bu-[ma]
 en: When Sin and Shamash have set,
11. e-t,i-ru na-ap-sza#-tim ma-lu-u2 nu-ba-tu#-[szu-nu]
 en: the saviors of life then fill [their ni]ght(-stations).
12. sza il-szu it-ti-szu szam-ru {d}gibil6#
 en: He whose god is with him – Fierce Girra,
13. qu3#-ra#-du# er3#-ra a-nu _{gesz}ban#_ [x x x]
 en: [Hero]ic Erra, Anu, The Bow, ["The Yoke"/Elamtum]
14. [...] x x UR [...]
 en: [...]-s[tar?] ...
  rest broken
reverse
  traces

Text content

Genre(s) Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Gods of the Night Hymn or incantation; 12 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P258027

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
rev. destroyed

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 00574
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 576782
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.574

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2020-11-28 at 12:58:46 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Fs Reiner 387 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258027.
Fs Reiner 387 artifact entry (No. P258027). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258027 (Original work published 2005)
Fs Reiner 387 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258027 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {Fs {Reiner} 387 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258027},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258027},
}


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DA  - 2023/2/1/
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M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - Fs Reiner 387 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Fs Reiner 387 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258027.
Fs Reiner 387 artifact entry (No. P258027). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258027 (Original work published 2005)
Fs Reiner 387 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258027 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2023Fs,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {Fs {Reiner} 387 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258027},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258027},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P258027
LB  - CDLI:P258027
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - Fs Reiner 387 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258027
ER  -
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