AOAT 025, 086 UM 29-13-560 (P255496)

Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-13-560 (+) N 3196 (+) N 3529

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Song Plowing Oxen Song of the plowing oxen; e-el-lu song; rev few signs only; 18x16 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary (Song Plowing Oxen Song of the plowing oxen; e-el-lu song; rev few signs only; 18x16 lines)
Language(s)	Akkadian, Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) peterson2rke 20150324: based on ductus, format and features of the Akkadian translation
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P255496
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P255496

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment obv 2 cols

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 29-13-560 (+) N 3196 (+) N 3529
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	565736
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	UM.29-13-560

References

primary: AOAT 025 (pp. 83-95), 86 UM 29-13-560

[Civil1976AOAT25] Civil, Miguel. 1976. “The Song of the Plowing Oxen.” Edited by B. L. Eichelr. Kramer Anniversary Volume : Cuneiform Studies in Honor of Samuel Noah Kramer, Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 25 (25): 83–95.
history: Cooper 1978: 164

[sec47020] Cooper, Jerrold S. 1978.
history: Viano diss., 128

[Viano2008/09diss] Viano, Maurizio. 2008-2009. “La Tradizione Letteraria Sumerica Negli Archivi Siro-Anatolici Durante Il Tardo Bronzo.” Phdthesis, Università di Trieste / Torino.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-19 at 10:40:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-26 at 09:46:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-26 at 09:02:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“AOAT 025, 086 UM 29-13-560 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P255496.

AOAT 025, 086 UM 29-13-560 artifact entry (No. P255496). (2024, September 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P255496 (Original work published 2005)

AOAT 025, 086 UM 29-13-560 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P255496 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“AOAT 025, 086 UM 29-13-560 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P255496.

AOAT 025, 086 UM 29-13-560 artifact entry (No. P255496). (2024, September 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P255496 (Original work published 2005)

AOAT 025, 086 UM 29-13-560 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P255496 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 19},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P255496},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P255496},
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