CDLI Literary 000574, ex. 010 & 000575, ex. 016 & 000604, ex. 008 (P230451)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07857

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Prism

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.02 Letter from Lugal-shu to a King (witness); ETCSL 3.03.03 Letter fr Lit. letters; Letter from Nabi-Enlil to Iterpisha)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Prism
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: Ali letters, pl.44

    [Ali1964Letters] Ali, Fadhil A. 1964. “Sumerian Letters : Two Collections from the Old Babylonian Schools.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

  • history: NABU 2014/040

    [Attinger2014NABU40] Attinger, Pascal. 2014. “Nabu-Enlil-Īterpīša (ANL 7).” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 40 (2).

  • history: ZA 103 (2013) 154-161, 154-161

    [Kleinerman2013ZA103] Kleinerman, Alexandra, and Alhena Gadotti. 2013. Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 103: 154–61.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-17 at 08:07:12 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-04 at 07:27:27 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-23 at 10:12:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-13 at 15:11:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-13 at 15:10:14 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000574 (Letter from Lugal-szu to a King) composite (P473737) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000574, Ex. 010 & 000575, Ex. 016 & 000604, Ex. 008 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230451.
CDLI Literary 000574, ex. 010 & 000575, ex. 016 & 000604, ex. 008 artifact entry (No. P230451). (2024, September 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230451 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000574, ex. 010 & 000575, ex. 016 & 000604, ex. 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230451 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 17},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000574, ex. 010 & 000575, ex. 016 & 000604, ex. 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230451},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230451},
}


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