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UM 55-21-123 (P257322)

Official or display prism excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-123

Period

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Prism

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Historical; 5x3x3 lines; 3.9x3.8)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Prism
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Official or display (witness Historical; 5x3x3 lines; 3.9x3.8)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: UM 55-21-123
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: 2N-T0665
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:
OI/UM 1949-50: TB 211, level IV 2

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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
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:

Penn Museum (567732) (567732)
Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.55-21-123) (UM.55-21-123)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“UM 55-21-123 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257322.

UM 55-21-123 artifact entry (No. P257322). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257322 (Original work published 2005)

UM 55-21-123 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257322 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257322},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“UM 55-21-123 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257322.

UM 55-21-123 artifact entry (No. P257322). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257322 (Original work published 2005)

UM 55-21-123 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257322 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UM 55-21-123 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257322},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257322},
}

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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P257322
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - UM 55-21-123 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257322
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