CDLI Literary 000794, ex. 003 (P276883)
Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
N 1763 + N 2967 + N 4239 + N 7349 + Ist Ni 04573Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary (ETCSL 5.09.02 Heron and Turtle (witness) Fable of the Heron and the Turtle; 4x13 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has fragments Witness
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact Preservation: fragment
- This artifact is composed of fragments.
- Condition Description: center, 2 cols
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history: ISET 2, 077-078, Ni 04573
[Çig1976ISET2] Kramer, Samuel N., Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, and Hatice Kızılyay. 1976. Sumerian Literary Tablets and Fragments in the Archaeological Museum of Istanbul. Sumer Edebî Tablet ve Parçalari 2.
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history: AfO 24 (pp. 51-72), 051, N 1763 +
[Gragg1973AfO24] Gragg, Gene. 1973. “The Fable of the Heron and the Turtle.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 24: 51–72. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41637725?refreqid=excelsior%3Aaf26cec4062e1d7071cbdc91f8c3102a&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents.
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- Museum No.: N 1763 + N 2967 + N 4239 + N 7349 + Ist Ni 04573
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-09-12 at 16:26:06 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-06-07 at 10:00:07 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah | Penn Museum | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (5.9.2) (5.9.2)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (5.9.2) (5.9.2)
- Penn Museum (572679) (572679)
- Penn Museum (572680) (572680)
- Penn Museum (572681) (572681)
- Penn Museum (572678) (572678)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.1763) (N.1763)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.2967) (N.2967)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.4239) (N.4239)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.7349) (N.7349)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P276883) (P276883)
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000794 (Heron and Turtle) composite (P478977) | View the score |
P276883 lead; joins: Peterson PhD thesis, 294P276883 lead; joins: Peterson PhD thesis, 294
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-15]},
year = {2024},
month = {sep 12},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000794, ex. 003 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P276883},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P276883},
}
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