CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 067 (P265548)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 10320Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary (ETCSL 5.06.01 Instructions of Shuruppak (witness) Instructions to Shuruppak; (Obv)5 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
beginning broken
column 1'
1. [...] u4 su3-ra2 re#-[...]
2. [...]-a ge6 bad-ra2 [...]
3. [...] mu su3-ra2# [...]
4. [...] tuku# inim#? [...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
column 1'
beginning broken
1'. [x] kadra# [...]
2'. [...] szuruppak#{ki} dumu ubara-tu#-[...]
3'. [x x]-szud# dumu-ni-ra# [...]
4'. dub# gal-gal-e szu du7-a#
5'. [x x] x za3-mi2 [x]
beginning broken
column 1'
1. [...] u4 su3-ra2 re#-[...]
2. [...]-a ge6 bad-ra2 [...]
3. [...] mu su3-ra2# [...]
4. [...] tuku# inim#? [...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
column 1'
beginning broken
1'. [x] kadra# [...]
2'. [...] szuruppak#{ki} dumu ubara-tu#-[...]
3'. [x x]-szud# dumu-ni-ra# [...]
4'. dub# gal-gal-e szu du7-a#
5'. [x x] x za3-mi2 [x]
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: rev. worn
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- Museum No.: CBS 10320
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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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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| 2018-02-11 at 09:46:35 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2018-02-11 at 09:30:42 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2015-11-26 at 17:00:58 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-10-10 at 07:43:31 | Wagensonner, Klaus | Atf | Wagensonner, Klaus | 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:
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (5.6.1) (5.6.1)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (5.6.1) (5.6.1)
- Penn Museum (584524) (584524)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.10320) (CBS.10320)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P265548) (P265548)
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000782 (Instructions of Shuruppak) composite (P478969) | View the score |
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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000782, Ex. 067 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P265548.
CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 067 artifact entry (No. P265548). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P265548 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 067 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P265548 (Accessed: July 26, 2025).
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year = {2023},
month = {jun 15},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000782, ex. 067 artifact entry},
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howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P265548},
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