CDLI Literary 000559, ex. 002 (P264401)
Literary letter and letter-prayer tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 06987 (+) N 3603 (+) N 4154 (+) Ist Ni 09463Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.01.19 Letter from Puzur-numushda to Ibbi-Sin (witness) Letter from Puzur-Shulgi to Ibbi-Sin (Let A 3); (Obv)11x(Rev)13 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has fragments Witness
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact Preservation: fragment
- This artifact is composed of fragments.
- Condition Description: LLo. part, corner damaged
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.01.19 Letter from Puzur-numushda to Ibbi-Sin (witness) Letter from Puzur-Shulgi to Ibbi-Sin (Let A 3); (Obv)11x(Rev)13 lines)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Ali letters, 042
[Ali1964Letters] Ali, Fadhil A. 1964. “Sumerian Letters : Two Collections from the Old Babylonian Schools.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.
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history: Sumer 26, 175 (N 3603)
[Ali1970Sumer26] Ali, Fadhil A. 1970. “Three Sumerian Letters.” Sumer 26: 145–78.
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history: OIP 16, 098 +
[Chiera1934OIP16] Chiera, Edward. 1934. Sumerian Texts of Varied Contents. Oriental Institute Publications 16. University of Chicago Press.
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history: CKU, 23
[Michalowski2011CKU] Michalowski, Piotr. 2011. The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur : An Epistolary History of an Ancient Mesopotamian Kingdom. Vol. 15. Mesopotamian Civilizations. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns.
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history: Michalowski Correspondence, p. 253
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- Museum No.: CBS 06987 (+) N 3603 (+) N 4154 (+) Ist Ni 09463
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (3.1.19) (3.1.19)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (3.1.19) (3.1.19)
- Penn Museum (581929) (581929)
- Penn Museum (581930) (581930)
- Penn Museum (581931) (581931)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.6987) (CBS.6987)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.3603) (N.3603)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.4154) (N.4154)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P264401) (P264401)
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000559 (Letter from Puzur-numushda to Ibbi-Sin) composite (P473757) | View the score |
Michalowski CKU p.448Michalowski CKU p.448
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-25]},
year = {2024},
month = {jul 23},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000559, ex. 002 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P264401},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264401},
}
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