CDLI Literary 000574, ex. 001 (P265434)
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 10187Period
Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) [uncertain]Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.02 Letter from Lugal-shu to a King (witness) Letter of Lugalmurub to a King; (Obv)9x(Rev)9 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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obverse
beginning broken
1'. [e2 kur2 e2-ga2 mu-da-an-ku4]
2'. ugu-ga2-asz ba-ab#-dun#
3'. iri#-ga2# sag#-gin7 ku3# la#-ba-ni-DU
4'. siki sag mu#-sir2# ba-la2
5'. gu5-li du10-sa zu-a kal#-[la-mu]
6'. lu2 dili gu7-u3-gin7# igi tur# mu-gi7-esz
7'. ama ugu-mu u4-sakar ubur-a-bi#?
8'. du10-ge-esz ga-mu gu7-mu
9'. ka-mu-ta ba-an-kar
10'. a#-a-mu sza3# ur2-bi-e-ta
reverse
1. [mu]-un-gur3#-ru#-a
2. ki#-ta ba-an-gar
3. nin arhusz-a-mu e2!-bi ba-kal
4. igi nu-mu-un-szi-re-en
5. gesz hul gurun nu-il2-la-gin7
6. lu2 na-ma-szi-hul2-le-en
7. {gesz}gibil-{gesz}gibil-me-en
8. {gesz}isimu2{sar} [nu]-tuku#-me-en
9. [ur5]-re# nam#-ba#-tum3
10. [lugal-mu en3-mu he2-tar]-re#
11. [ki-ur3-mu-sze3] [...]
rest broken
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
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- Genre(s): Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.02 Letter from Lugal-shu to a King (witness) Letter of Lugalmurub to a King; (Obv)9x(Rev)9 lines)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Ali letters, 085, pl.29
[Ali1964Letters] Ali, Fadhil A. 1964. “Sumerian Letters : Two Collections from the Old Babylonian Schools.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.
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- Museum No.: CBS 10187
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) [uncertain]
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- Accounting Period: 0
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-23 at 10:12:03 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-07-13 at 15:11:45 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-07-13 at 15:10:14 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2011-07-19 at 12:11:11 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Atf | Dahl, Jacob L. | CDLI | approved |
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| 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 |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000574 (Letter from Lugal-szu to a King) composite (P473737) | View the score |