CDLI Literary 000367, ex. 008 (P262130)

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 07085

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 1.08.02.01 Lugalbanda and Mountain Cave (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

Genre(s) Literary (ETCSL 1.08.02.01 Lugalbanda and Mountain Cave (witness)) School text
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 000367 (Lugalbanda and Mountain Cave) composite (P469672) Q000367 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P262130

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
long, narrow, cracked

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 07085
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations) 1.8.2.1
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations) 1.8.2.1
Penn Museum (Penn) 581951
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.7085
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P262130

References

  • history: JAOS 103 (pp. 165-180), p.171

    [Hallo1983JAOS103] Hallo, William W. 1983. “Lugalbanda Excavated.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 103: 165–80.

  • history: FTS, p. 246 (obv.)

    [Kramer1956FTS] Kramer, Samuel N. 1956. From the Tablets of Sumer : Twenty-Five Firsts in Man’s Recorded History. Indian Hills, Colorado: The Falcon’s Wing Press.

  • history: History begins at Sumer p. 242

    [Kramer1987Historybegins] Kramer, Samuel N. 1987. History Begins at Sumer: 39 Firsts in Man’s Recorded History (3rd Edition).

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-15 at 09:39:33 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-12 at 18:56:20 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, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000367, Ex. 008 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P262130.
CDLI Literary 000367, ex. 008 artifact entry (No. P262130). (2024, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262130 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000367, ex. 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262130 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262130},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000367, Ex. 008 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P262130.
CDLI Literary 000367, ex. 008 artifact entry (No. P262130). (2024, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262130 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000367, ex. 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262130 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262130},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262130},
}


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