Studia Mesopotamica 01, 291-302 (P255122)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-13-080 + N 4500

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1.a'. [...] x x x
 en: ...
1.b'. [...]-x# sza SZI-x-u2
2.a'. [...] szu du7 nam-he2 he2-gal2-la bulug3-ga2
 en: Perfect ..., growing in plenty and abundance,
2.b'. _[...] ir-bu-u2_
3'. [...]-DU i3-sag ga-sag-ga2 e3-a
 en: ... highest quality ghee and cheese issuing forth,
4.a'. [...] IGI#-DU# nun-e-ne bara2 ku3 bara2 nun-e du7-a
 en: ... foremost of princes, prince fit for the holy and princely dais,
4.b'. _[...] sza-a-u#?_
5'. [... {d}nu-musz]-da# igesztu nun-e-ne bara2 ku3 bara2 nun-e du7-a
 en: Numušda(?), the foremost of princes, prince fit for the holy and princely dais;
6'. [ki]-ru-gu2 1(disz)-kam-ma
 en: It is the 1st kirugu.
7'. [{d}en]-lil2# en {d}nu-nam-nir-re ki-ur3 ki gal-la
 en: Enlil, lord Nunamnir in Ki'ur, in the great place,
8'. [...] mu#-ri-in-sa4 mi-ri-in-mah-e
 en: ... he named you and made it great for you,
9'. [...] nam gal mu-ri-[in]-tar#
 en: ... he decreed a great fate for you,
10'. [...] hul2-hul2 {d}nin-lil2 [...]
 en: ... rejoices, Ninlil ...,
11'. [...] an#-su? UN-e#? [...]
 en: ... the people/land ...,
12'. [...] szir3 nam-en-na DU [...]
 en: ... a song of the lordship(?) ...,
13'. [... {d}nu-musz?]-da suh za-gin3 kesz2 [...]
 en: ... Numušda(?), wearing a lapis pectoral ...,
14'. [...] pa-e3 sig-ta igi#-[nim-sze3 ...]
 en: Resplendent ..., from the lowland to the highland,
15'. [...]-a-ni [...]
 en: His ...,
16'. [...] x [...]
 en: ...
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
 en: ...;
2'. [ki]-ru#-gu2 2(disz)#-kam#-[ma]
 en: It is the 2nd kirugu.
3.a'. [{d}nu]-musz#-da dumu NUN#?-re ISZ-ISZ# x [...]-ta u3-gul mu-na#-ga2-ga2
 en: Numušda, the native(?) son (of Kazallu?), makes a plea to ...,
3.b'. _x-x-[...]_
4.a'. [kur?]-ku#? gig2 ba-ni-in-u5 ab-ba e3-a-na igi mu-un-babbar2-re
 en: He caused a black wave(?) to ride (the surface of the water) and looked at the sea which he caused to overflow (from the force of the flood),
4.b'. _i-na hi-a-qi2-sza_
5.a'. gesz#-gi sig7-ga gi x x x [x] du10-ga-bi
 en: ... the verdant marshland, ... its sweet ... reeds,
5.b'. _i-na x-x-KI?_
6'. gesz#-gi ki szar2-ba muszen [...] LU-ba
 en: In the reedbed, in the place of plenty, birds ...,
7'. esztub#{ku6} suhur-gal{ku6}-e gesz mu#? [...]
 en: He adorned it with(?) esztub and suḫurgal carps ...,
8.a'. ku6# du10-ga muszen ku7-ku7-da x [...]
 en: The tasty fish, the sweet bird ...
8.b'. _[...] x x x_
9.a'. [x]-x-ni im-ma-an-[...]-a#-sze3 [...]
 en: ... he ... in abundance(?)
9.b'. _[... i-na] du-usz-szi-i [...]_
10'. ki-ru-gu2 [3(disz)]-kam-ma
 en: It is the 3rd kirugu.
11'. [...] x [... ab2] lu# amar lu-a-sze3
 en: ... towards/concerning the teeming cows and calves ...,
12'. [...] x tuku4-a dumu en {d}nu-dim2-mud-e
 en: ... the one who shakes? ... the son of lord Nudimmud,
13'. [...] x ku6-ta mu-na-gar-gar-e
 en: ... he piled ... with ... and fishes for him,
14.a'. [...]-a-ni igi-ni ba-ni-in-du8
 en: He showed his ...,
14.b'. _[...] u2!(TAB)-kal-lim_
15.a'. [...] a-esztub a zal-le de2-de2
 en: ... the carp flood, flooding with flowing water,
15.b'. _[...] ub-ba#-lu_
16.a'. [...] {gesz#}apin mu-na-an-du3
 en: ... prepared(?) the plow for him,
16.b'. _[...] x x x_
17'. [...] x-bi-NE
 en: ...
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Literary
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P255122

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 UM 29-13-080 + N 4500
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 565711 + 565710
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-13-80 + N.4500

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2020-01-06 at 12:22:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Studia Mesopotamica 01, 291-302 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P255122.
Studia Mesopotamica 01, 291-302 artifact entry (No. P255122). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P255122 (Original work published 2005)
Studia Mesopotamica 01, 291-302 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P255122 (Accessed: May 19, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P255122},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Studia Mesopotamica 01, 291-302 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P255122.
Studia Mesopotamica 01, 291-302 artifact entry (No. P255122). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P255122 (Original work published 2005)
Studia Mesopotamica 01, 291-302 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P255122 (Accessed: May 19, 2026).
@misc{2023Studia,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {Studia {Mesopotamica} 01, 291-302 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P255122},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P255122},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P255122
LB  - CDLI:P255122
M1  - 2026/5/19/
TI  - Studia Mesopotamica 01, 291-302 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P255122
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