PBS 1/1, 05 (P260028)

Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 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 03656

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Obv hymn in form of dialog (Ishtar & Dumuzi); rev hymn in which Ishtar bewails her temples; 24x2x27x3(l.e. col. 1)x1(l.e. col. 2)x1(l.e. col. 3) lines; 11.5x8.9x3.2 cm)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: top wanting, ruled
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  • Genre(s): Literary (Obv hymn in form of dialog (Ishtar & Dumuzi); rev hymn in which Ishtar bewails her temples; 24x2x27x3(l.e. col. 1)x1(l.e. col. 2)x1(l.e. col. 3) lines; 11.5x8.9x3.2 cm)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PBS 1/1, 05

    [Myhrman1911PBS1/1] Myhrman, David W. 1911. Babylonian Hymns and Prayers. Publications of the Babylonian Section 1/1. University Museum, Pennsylvania.

  • history: BE 30/1, 02

    [Radau1913BE30/1] Radau, Hugo. 1913. Sumerian Hymns and Prayers to God Dumu-Zi, or, Babylonian Lenten Songs from the Temple Library of Nippur. Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A, Cuneiform Texts 30/1. http://www.etana.org/sites/default/files/coretexts/14920.pdf.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-07 at 10:32:19 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 View
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 View

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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 1/1, 05 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 7, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P260028.
PBS 1/1, 05 artifact entry (No. P260028). (2023, August 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P260028 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 1/1, 05 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P260028 (Accessed: July 2, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 7},
	title = {PBS 1/1, 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P260028},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P260028},
}


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