OIP 015, 075 (P267251)

Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 12613

Period

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Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Dumuzi and Inanna Song (Di Q); (Obv)(i)12x(Rev)(ii)7x(iii)14x(LE)(iv)3x(v)2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1'. ki#? gesztin#-a [...]
2'. in-ga2-bulug3 in-ga2#-bulug3# x [...]
3'. {gisz}haszhur lal-a in-ga2-bulug3# [...]
4'. {gisz}haszhur-e KU im-ma-ab-kesz2 {gisz#}[...]
5'. [lu-ub2]{sar} en-te-en-e ur2 im-ma-ab#-[x]
6'. {gisz}asal2-e il-ur im-ma-ab#-[x]
7'. ki {gisz#}gesztin#-na ur2 im-ma-ab-[x]
8'. kig2-gi4-a-me-[x]
9'. lu2 ki-sikil-e# zu#-me# am3#-ga-x [...] en3-me am3-ga-tar#-[re]
10'. {d}inanna-ke4 zu-me am3-ga-[...]
11'. en3-me am3-ga#-tar#-re#
12'. [...] x x [...]
13'. [...] x x [...]
14'. [...] x x [...]
  rest broken
column 2
  broken
reverse
column 1
1'. MI [...]
2'. i3#?-li#? [...]
3'. i3#?-li# [...]
4'. [...]
5'. munus#!? du10#? [...]
6'. [...]
7'. musz3-me? [...]
8'. ki-sikil# [...]
9'. i3-li [...]
10'. i3-li# [...]
11'. x nin9 [...]
12'. sipa x [...]
13'. lu2 [...]
column 2
1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. gu2 {i7}buranun# [x x x]
3'. lugal-gu10 uru{ki}-zu? [...]
4'. lugal? {d}nin-x gu2 x [x]
5'. x x la2# ba#?-[...]
6'. [...]
7'. [...]
8'. x [x x x x] A x x
9'. [x] x sza3?#-an?-na he2-gal2
10'. mul sza3?-an-na musz3 nam-ba-an-tum2#-mu
11'. igi-za udug-bi he2-me-en
12'. ka-za {d}lamma-bi he2-me-en
13'. giri3 gub ki-gub sa6-ga he2-me-en
14'. kasz ninda-gin7 igi-a sa6 du3?
15'. x x x-gin7 x x x x x du3?
16'. i3-li-gin7? su?-a? x-du10#?-du10#?
17'. tug2# giri17#?-zal#?-gin7#? [...]
  rest broken
left
1. [...]-za#? he2-me-en
2. [...] kusz2-u3 he2-me-en
3. [...] IM-bi he2-me-en
4. hul2-la x x x gi4 nu-[x x] x he2-me-en

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: LLo. cnr, abraded, obv. 1,rev. 2 cols
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  • Genre(s): Literary (Dumuzi and Inanna Song (Di Q); (Obv)(i)12x(Rev)(ii)7x(iii)14x(LE)(iv)3x(v)2 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: OIP 15, 075

    [Chiera1934OIP15] Chiera, Edward. 1934. Sumerian Epics and Myths. Oriental Institute Publications 15. University of Chicago Press.

  • history: BiOr 17 (pp. 122-152), p.144a

    [Gordon1960BiOr17] Gordon, Edmund I. 1960. “A New Look at the Wisdom of Sumer and Akkad.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 17 (3–4): 122–52.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 12613
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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    *before 2000 B.C.

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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-09 at 10:41:49 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-03-06 at 13:24:38 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI 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
“OIP 015, 075 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P267251.
OIP 015, 075 artifact entry (No. P267251). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P267251 (Original work published 2005)
OIP 015, 075 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P267251 (Accessed: May 10, 2025).
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	month = {aug 9},
	title = {OIP 015, 075 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P267251},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P267251},
}


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