BE 30/1, 009 (P266312)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11151

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (liturgy (Eme-Sal) Hymn to Enlil, Inanna-Ishtar bewails Dumuzi, her absent husband and son; (Obv)31x(LoE)2x(Rev)30x(UE)3 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:

    Harper's mark; Ni. 22-2-10-89

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: obv. partially abraded
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  • Artifact comments:

    Harper's mark; Ni. 22-2-10-89

  • Genre(s): Literary (liturgy (Eme-Sal) Hymn to Enlil, Inanna-Ishtar bewails Dumuzi, her absent husband and son; (Obv)31x(LoE)2x(Rev)30x(UE)3 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


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  • Museum No.: CBS 11151
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    (old cbs cat claims: *before 2000 B.C.)

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  • Accounting Period: 0

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 30/1, 009 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P266312.
BE 30/1, 009 artifact entry (No. P266312). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P266312 (Original work published 2005)
BE 30/1, 009 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P266312 (Accessed: May 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 30/1, 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P266312},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P266312},
}

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