PBS 01/2, 131 (P125404)

Prayer tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 08230

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [musz eme-min] eme#-[imin]
2. [musz ...] tu3?-[...]
3. {sze3}szegbar#[{bar} ...]-gin7# hu-[luh-ha]
4. a-an-sze3 ki-a-ku5-da tag-[ga]
5. musz lugal-zu mu-szi-gi4
6. lugal-za {d}nin-a-zu
7. mu-szi-gi4
8. giri17-za su11? bi2-la2
9. eme-za gu bi2-la2
10. sa-gid-da {sze3}szegbar{bar} KA-giri17 ma-ra-ni-la2
11. pa-hal-la pa-hal-la a sag# na-ni-ga2-ga2#-[am6]
reverse
1. uzu lu2-[...]
2. sag na-ni-ga2-ga2-am6
3. lu2-u18 pa-hal-la usz-zu na-ba-tum2-e
4. uszum-gal usz-zu i3-lah
5. du-enurux(|AN.U|){+e2-nu-ru}
6. nam-szub eridu{ki}-ga pazur5-pazur5 mu-silig-e abzu-a
7. nam-mu-da-bur2#-e
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Text content

Genre(s) Ritual and liturgical > Prayer
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P125404

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 08230
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 583047
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.8230

References

  • primary: PBS 1/2, 131

    [Lutz1919PBS1/2] Lutz, Henry F. 1919. Selected Sumerian and Babylonian Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 1/2. University of Pennsylvania.

  • history: NATN, p. 13, pl. 2 (bbv. photo)

    [Owen1982NATN] Owen, David I. 1982. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum (NATN). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

  • citation: OrNS 54 (pp. 216-225), 223

    [Michalowski1985Magical] Michalowski, Piotr. 1985. “On Some Early Sumerian Magical Texts.” Orientalia NS 54: 216–25.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-31 at 19:14:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-31 at 19:12:59 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-30 at 08:49:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-04-02 at 08:26:38 Firth, Richard Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI Approved View
2017-02-16 at 21:52:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PBS 01/2, 131 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P125404.
PBS 01/2, 131 artifact entry (No. P125404). (2024, August 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P125404 (Original work published 2001)
PBS 01/2, 131 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P125404 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 31},
	title = {PBS 01/2, 131 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P125404},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P125404},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 01/2, 131 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P125404.
PBS 01/2, 131 artifact entry (No. P125404). (2024, August 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P125404 (Original work published 2001)
PBS 01/2, 131 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P125404 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 31},
	title = {PBS 01/2, 131 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P125404},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P125404},
}


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PY  - 2024
ID  - P125404
LB  - CDLI:P125404
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - PBS 01/2, 131 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P125404
ER  -
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