CDLI Literary 000567, ex. 002 (P498506)

Literary letter and letter-prayer tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM unn.

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.02.06 Letter from Sîn-iddinam to Ninisina (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.02.06 Letter from Sîn-iddinam to Ninisina (witness))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P498506
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P498506

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	UM unn.
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P498506

References

history: StMes 3 (pp. 1-89), 043-048

[Peterson2016StMes3] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2016. “The Literary Corpus of the Old Babylonian Larsa Dynasties.” Studia Mesopotamica 3: 1–89.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-17 at 15:09:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-17 at 15:06:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2016-07-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000567, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P498506.

CDLI Literary 000567, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P498506). (2024, June 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498506 (Original work published 2016)

CDLI Literary 000567, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498506 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000567, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P498506.

CDLI Literary 000567, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P498506). (2024, June 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498506 (Original work published 2016)

CDLI Literary 000567, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498506 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 17},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498506},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498506},
}

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