CDLI Literary 000482, ex. 026 (P256740)

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

UM 29-16-145

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 2.05.05.02 Lipit-Ishtar B ('Tetrad no. 1') (witness) Praise of Lipit-Eshtar; 14x10 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [{d}]nisaba# [munus ul-la gun3]-a
2'-3'. [munus zi dub]-sar# [nin nig2-nam] zu#
4'-5'. [si?-zu im]-ma# [si ba-ni-in]-sa2#
rest broken
column 3
beginning broken
1'-2'. di# kur#-kur-ra-[ke4] si sa2-sa2-de3#
3'-4'. inim sza3-ga gal2-la# lul zi-bi mu-e-zu
5'-7'. {d}li-pi2-it-esz18-dar lu2 erim2-ra guru5-usz mu-e#-ta-ab#-e3#-de3#-en
8'-10'. ka nir-[da] ka giri3 saga11 du11# lu2# zi-zi-i mu#-e#-[zu]
11'-13'. nam#-tag dugud# ka# garasz2-[kam lu2] ti#-le# [...]
rest broken
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'-2'. ur#-sag# [{d}nin-urta] maszkim kal-ga#-[zu-um]
3'-4'. {d}nusku sukkal mah# a2#-tah inim-ma-zu-um#
5'-7'. iszib# kesz3{ki}-sze3 {d}nin-tu-re zi-de3-esz pa3#-da-me-en
8'-9'. uri2#{ki}-sze3 gal2-la szul# gesz tuku
rest broken

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
Measurements (mm):
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: rt edge
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 2.05.05.02 Lipit-Ishtar B ('Tetrad no. 1') (witness) Praise of Lipit-Eshtar; 14x10 lines)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: JCS 32 (pp. 57-64), 064

[Farber1980JCS32] Farber, Gertrud. 1980. “Texts and Fragments.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 32 (1): 57–64. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359793.
history: JCS 30 (pp. 33-61), 059

[Vanstiphout1978JCS30] Vanstiphout, Herman L. J. 1978. “Lipit-Eštar’s Praise in the Edubba.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 30 (1): 33–61. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1359932.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: UM 29-16-145
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Chronology

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

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-09 at 13:25:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-25 at 09:29:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-04 at 18:44:58	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
2017-09-02 at 12:26:12	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2015-03-06 at 13:08:56	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		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 (2.5.5.2) (2.5.5.2)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (2.5.5.2) (2.5.5.2)
Penn Museum (566956) (566956)
Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.29-16-145) (UM.29-16-145)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P256740) (P256740)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000482 (Lipit-Ishtar B) composite (P478812)	View the score

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000482, Ex. 026 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P256740.

CDLI Literary 000482, ex. 026 artifact entry (No. P256740). (2024, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P256740 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000482, ex. 026 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P256740 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000482, Ex. 026 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P256740.

CDLI Literary 000482, ex. 026 artifact entry (No. P256740). (2024, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P256740 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000482, ex. 026 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P256740 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000482, ex. 026 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P256740},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P256740},
}

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