BE 30/1, 011 (P265349)

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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Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 10085

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (liturgy Religious; (Obv)13 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary (liturgy Religious; (Obv)13 lines)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P265349
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P265349

Physical information

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

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 10085
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	584221
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.10085

References

primary: BE 30/1, 011

[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.
citation: Fs Civil90 (pp. 80-102), 080-102

[Delnero2017FsCivil90] Delnero, Paul. 2017. “The Silences of the Scribes, Pt. II: An Unfinished Enlil Lament from Nippur.” In The First Ninety Years: A Sumerian Celebration in Honor of Miguel Civil, edited by Lluís Feliu, Karahashi Karahashi, and Gonzalo Rubio, 80–102.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-05 at 12:54:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
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

Cite this Artifact

“BE 30/1, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P265349.

BE 30/1, 011 artifact entry (No. P265349). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P265349 (Original work published 2005)

BE 30/1, 011 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P265349 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {BE 30/1, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P265349},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P265349},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BE 30/1, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P265349.

BE 30/1, 011 artifact entry (No. P265349). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P265349 (Original work published 2005)

BE 30/1, 011 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P265349 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {BE 30/1, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P265349},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P265349},
}

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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P265349
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - BE 30/1, 011 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P265349
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