N 4123 (P278998)

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, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 4123

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Literary?; 11 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary (Literary?; 11 lines)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P278998
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P278998

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment center

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	N 4123
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	572835
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.4123

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah	Penn Museum	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“N 4123 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P278998.

N 4123 artifact entry (No. P278998). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278998 (Original work published 2005)

N 4123 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278998 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278998},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“N 4123 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P278998.

N 4123 artifact entry (No. P278998). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278998 (Original work published 2005)

N 4123 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278998 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {N 4123 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P278998},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278998},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P278998
LB  - CDLI:P278998
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - N 4123 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P278998
ER  -