ZA 071, 014 (P265682)

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, USA

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 10474

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Incantation; (Obv)13x(Rev)2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ZA 71 (pp. 1-18), 014

    [Michalowski1981ZA71] Michalowski, Piotr. 1981. “Carminative Magic: Towards an Understanding of Sumerian Poetics.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 71 (1): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1515/zava.1981.71.1.1.

  • history: Quadsem 18 (pp. 305-326), 324, no. 3

    [Michalowski1992Quadsem18] Michalowski, Piotr. 1992. “The Early Mesopotamian Incantation Tradition .” Quaderni Di Semantica, Quaderni di Semitistica, 18: 305–26.

  • citation: NABU 2013/1, NABU 2013/001,

    [PetersonNABU2013/1] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2013. “A Catalog of Old Babylonian Sumerian Incantations and Rituals from Nippur in the University Museum, Philadelphia,” Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, .

    Mostly intact imgida with a badly effaced reverse. Incantation against gall (ze2) written in a partially syllabic script. Edited by Michalowski ZA 71 13f. (source D).

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-03 at 16:30:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-03 at 16:29:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-24 at 19:29:32 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-23 at 14:07:25 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
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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Cite this Artifact
“ZA 071, 014 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P265682.
ZA 071, 014 artifact entry (No. P265682). (2024, September 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P265682 (Original work published 2005)
ZA 071, 014 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P265682 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
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	month = {sep 3},
	title = {ZA 071, 014 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P265682},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P265682},
}


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