CDLI Literary 000773, ex. 001 (P259241)

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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Metadata history
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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 02186 + CBS 02331

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 5.04.11 Diatribe B (witness) Diatribe against Engardu; 5x7 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

Genre(s) Literary (ETCSL 5.04.11 Diatribe B (witness) Diatribe against Engardu; 5x7 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Literary 000773 (Diatribe B) composite (P478961) Q000773 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P259241

Physical information

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

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 02186 + CBS 02331
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations) 5.4.11
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations) 5.4.11
Penn Museum (Penn) 578102 + 578103
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.2186 + CBS.2331
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P259241

References

  • history: UF 42 (pp. 535-572), 535f, 36 (CBS 2186)

    [Peterson2010UF42[1]] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2010. “Sumerian Literary Fragments in the University Museum, Philadelphia II.” Ugarit Forschungen 42: 535–72.

  • history: JCS 24 (pp. 107-119), 118

    [Sjöberg1972GoodSeed] Sjöberg, Åke W. 1972. “‘He Is a Good Seed of a Dog’ and ‘Engardu, the Fool.’” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 24 (4): 107–19. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1359629.

    pl.4 mistakenly numbered as N 2331

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-21 at 13:42:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-16 at 17:00:16 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000773, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P259241.
CDLI Literary 000773, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P259241). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259241 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000773, ex. 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259241 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
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	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000773, ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259241},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259241},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000773, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P259241.
CDLI Literary 000773, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P259241). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259241 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000773, ex. 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259241 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000773, ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259241},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259241},
}


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