CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 012 (P255423)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 1380 + UM 29-13-473 (+) N 1408

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 1.08.01.05 Gilgamesh and Huwawa A ('Decad no. 10') (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has fragments Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
n lines broken
1. [...] tuku# [...]
2. [...] x 5(u)#-am3# [...]
3. [...] ama# tuku ama-[...]
4. [...] 5(u)-am3 a2#-ni-[...]
5. [x] giri3-ni [...]
6. [...]-silig# a2 nam-ur#-[...]
7. [...] giri3-ni# [...]
8. [...]-haszhur# {gisz}taszkarin#-[...]
9. dumu iri#-na# [x x]-de3-re7-[...]
10. 1(disz)-am3 szesz-gal-[x] szu# pirig#-ga2 umbin [...]
11. ma2-ur3-ma2-ur3 [x]-sag#-ga2-ke4 hu-[...]
12. hur-sag 1(disz)-kam-ma# in#-di3-bal {gisz}[...]
13. [x]-sag 7(disz)-kam-[x] bal#-e-da-bi [...]
14. en3# nu-un#-[x] ki [...]
15. [x] bil3#-[...] x [...]
n lines broken
reverse
n lines broken
1. [...] u2#-sa2#-ga#-[x]
2. [x x] szu# bi2#-[x x] nig2-me-gar [...]
3. szu mu-un-tag#-[x] nu-mu-un#-[...]
4. gu3 mu-un-na#-[x]-e inim nu-mu-ni-[...]
5. i3-nu2-a i3-nu2-[x]
6. {d}bil3-ga-[x x] dumu# kul-aba4{ki} [...]
7. kur ba-an-suh3-[x] gissu ba-[x x]
8. an-sa11-an sze-[x x]-er#-bi im-ma-[x]
9. {d}utu ur2 ama-[x] {d}nin-gal-ra sag# [...]
10. {d}bil3-ga#-[x] en-sze3 i3-nu2#-[x x]
11. [x x]-za# mu#-[...]
n lines broken
left
1. [...]-li2#-i-din-nam
colophon

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 1.08.01.05 Gilgamesh and Huwawa A ('Decad no. 10') (witness))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: ZA 80 (pp. 165-203), 191

[Edzard1990ZA80] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1990. “Gilgameš Und Huwawa A. I. Teil.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 80: 165–203. https://doi.org/10.1515/zava.1990.80.1-2.165.
history: JCS 01 (pp. 3-46), 026, UM 29-13-473

[Kramer1947JCS1] Kramer, Samuel N. 1947. “Gilgamesh and the Land of the Living.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 1 (1): 3–46. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359290.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: N 1380 + UM 29-13-473 (+) N 1408
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Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-10 at 16:55:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-03 at 07:48:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-30 at 09:17:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 14:08:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2012-05-14 at 06:49:54	Wagensonner, Klaus	Transliteration	Wagensonner, Klaus		CDLI	Approved
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (1.8.1.5) (1.8.1.5)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (1.8.1.5) (1.8.1.5)
Penn Museum (572502) (572502)
Penn Museum (572501) (572501)
Penn Museum (572500) (572500)
Electronic Babylonian Library (N.1380) (N.1380)
Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.29-13-473) (UM.29-13-473)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P255423) (P255423)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000365 (Gilgamesh and Huwawa A) composite (P480190)	View the score

Notes

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CDLI Notes:

P255423 leadP255423 lead

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000365, Ex. 012 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P255423.

CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 012 artifact entry (No. P255423). (2024, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P255423 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 012 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P255423 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P255423},
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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000365, Ex. 012 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P255423.

CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 012 artifact entry (No. P255423). (2024, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P255423 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 012 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P255423 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000365, ex. 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P255423},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P255423},
}

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DA  - 2024/9/10/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P255423
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M1  - 2026/3/15/
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