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CDLI Literary 000500, ex. 001 (P259218)

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

CBS 02135 + CBS 19829

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 2.06.02.01 Gungunum A (witness) Hymn of Nanna for Gungunu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has fragments Witness

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Weight:
Artifact Preservation: fragment
This artifact is composed of fragments.
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 2.06.02.01 Gungunum A (witness) Hymn of Nanna for Gungunu)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: ZA 63 (pp. 1-55), 052 CBS 02135+

[Sjöberg1973ZA63] Sjöberg, Åke W. 1973. “Miscellaneous Sumerian Hymns.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 63 (1): 1–55. https://doi.org/10.1515/zava.1973.63.1.1.
citation: StMes 3 (pp. 1-89), 038-039

[Peterson2016StMes3] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2016. “The Literary Corpus of the Old Babylonian Larsa Dynasties.” Studia Mesopotamica 3: 1–89.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 02135 + CBS 19829
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-07 at 15:47:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-07 at 15:40:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-06-17 at 15:09:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-06-17 at 15:06:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	approved

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Composites

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

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000500 (Gungunum A) composite (P481124)	View the score

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes:

P259218 leadP259218 lead

Cite this Artifact

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“CDLI Literary 000500, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P259218.

CDLI Literary 000500, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P259218). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259218 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000500, ex. 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259218 (Accessed: April 26, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259218},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259218},
}

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“CDLI Literary 000500, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P259218.

CDLI Literary 000500, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P259218). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259218 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000500, ex. 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259218 (Accessed: April 26, 2025).

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