CDLI Literary 000794, ex. 002 (P257266)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
UM 55-21-375Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary (ETCSL 5.09.02 Heron and Turtle (witness) Heron and Turtle; 40x25 lines; 17.5x13.8)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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history: AfO 24 (pp. 51-72), 051, UM 55-21-375
[Gragg1973AfO24] Gragg, Gene. 1973. “The Fable of the Heron and the Turtle.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 24: 51–72. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41637725?refreqid=excelsior%3Aaf26cec4062e1d7071cbdc91f8c3102a&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents.see note giving credit to Civil
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- Museum No.: UM 55-21-375
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Excavation No: 3N-T0723
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Findspot Comments:
OI/UM 1951-52: TA 184 (subsidiary room), level XI 2
- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-09-12 at 16:26:06 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2005-02-24 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (5.9.2) (5.9.2)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (5.9.2) (5.9.2)
- Penn Museum (567938) (567938)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.55-21-375) (UM.55-21-375)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P257266) (P257266)
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000794 (Heron and Turtle) composite (P478977) | View the score |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-09]},
year = {2024},
month = {sep 12},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000794, ex. 002 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P257266},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257266},
}
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