CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 014 (P263219)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 08384

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 4.80.02 Kesh Temple Hymn ('Decad no. 06') (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1'. [...] x IM x ar-an-ni MU MAH x
2'. [...] x gal# {d}en-lil2-le nam-ma-ni gal ku5-re
3'. [...] x x x {d}a-nun e2 ne gin2 nig2 szu x mu
4'. e2 szu ba im x bu dingir-gal-gal e-tu
5'. e2 an-ki-bi-da
15. [...]{ki#}-ginx rib-ba lu2 szi-in-ga-an-tum3-mu
16. [...]-sag#-bi {asz}aszgi-ginx rib-ba ama szi-in-ga-am3-u2-tu
17. [...] {d#}nin#-u-ginx rib-ba-ra a-ba-a igi mu#-ni#-in#-du8
18. [...] x-kam-ma#-am3#
19. [...]-am3# iri IN ga-am3 sza3-bi a-ba-a mu-un#-zu
20. [...] iri# IN ga-am3 sza3-bi a-ba-a mu-un-zu
21. [...]-sag-ur-sag-e-ne si mu-un-si-sa2-e-ne#
22. [... x]-ga szu-gal mu-un-du7-du7#
23. [...]-dam# [...]-am3-ma-gur-re#-x
24. [...]-szar-[...] x x-e [...]
25. [...]-szar-[...] x
26. [...]-szar-[...] x x
27. [...]-bara2#-e-ne gu2#-[...]-ma-gal2-le#-[...]
28. [...] DAM# SAG an#-[...] gur3-[...]
29. [...]-asalx DAM an-da tal2-tal2 sal-[...]
30. [...]-sag-da SAR-a an-da sig7-sig7-[...]
31. [...] kesz3#{ki#}-gin7 rib#-ba# [...] szi#-in-ga-an#-[...]
32. [...] x x x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
1. [...]-tu# sza3#-[...]
2. [...] x-e-ne x [...]
3. [...] GAL2#-am3 sza3 im#-[...]
4. [...]-gal-la tu-tu mu#-[...]
5. [...]-e3# ensi2-ke4 nam#-[...]
6. [...]-aszgi# ur-sag-ga2 mezem mu#-un#-[...]
7. [...]-iri-masz nimgir-gal#-e eden-na mu-da-an-x-[...]
8. [...]-e lulim-e gu2 am3-ma-gur-re#
9. kesz2#{ki}-gin7# rib#-ba lu2 szi-in-x-an-tum2-mu#
10. ur-sag-bi {d#}aszgi#{gi18} rib-ba ama szi-in#-[...]
11. nin#-bi {d}[nin]-tu#-[gin7] rib-ba a-ba-a igi mu-ni-in#-[...]
12. [...] 5(disz) [...]-ma-am3
13. [...]-la# gub-ba

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: w/many small frags, rev. blank
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  • Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 4.80.02 Kesh Temple Hymn ('Decad no. 06') (witness))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: MBI, 11 (1918) pl. 22-23

    [Barton1918MBI] Barton, George A. 1918. Miscellaneous Babylonian Inscriptions. Yale University & Oxford University.

  • history: Gragg, TCS 3 (pp. 155-188), 165

    [Gragg1969TCS3] Gragg, Gene. 1969. The Keš Temple Hymn. The Collection of the Sumerian Temple Hymns. Vol. 3. Texts from Cuneiform Sources.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 08384
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 18:33:57 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-07 at 10:28:23 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-07 at 10:16:35 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-07 at 10:11:04 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2014-10-18 at 14:52:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-08-20 at 22:05:39 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI 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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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000751 (Kesh Temple Hymn) composite (P464240) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000751, Ex. 014 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P263219.
CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 014 artifact entry (No. P263219). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263219 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 014 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263219 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000751, ex. 014 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P263219},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263219},
}


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