CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 001 (P268190)

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 13105

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 5.01.01 Edubba A (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Witness

tablet
obverse
1. [...] x [...]
2. [...] mu#-ni-in#-ku4#-[...]
3. [...]-dub#-ba-ke4 szu#-[...] an-dab5# igi-ni-sze3 al#-gub
4. [...]-dub#-sar-ra a-na bi2#-in-zu-a-ne2
5. ad-da-ni szu#-na ba-ni-in-szum2
6. ad-da#-ni sza3 hul2-la-ni-ta
7. ad-da e2-dub#-ba#-a-ka-ni gu2 hul2 ba-ni-in#-de2
8. lu2-tur-mu szu#-ni i3-in#-bad-du ku3-zu i-ni-in-ku4-x
9. nam-dub-sar-ra nig2-galam-galam#-ma#-bi mu-ni-in-pa3-[...]
10. sza3 dub-ba szed nig2-ka9 ki#-[...] x igi mu-un-na-an-[...]
11. x x x [...]
reverse
1. i3# du10#-ga# [...] a-na# mi#-ni#-[...]
2. um-mi#-a sza3# hul2#-la#-[...] szud3# mu#-na#-sa4#
3. lu2#-tur# inim#-mu#-[sze] gu2# li#-bi2#-du3#-[...] li#-bi2-ak
4. nam#-dub#-[sar]-ra# x-bi us2#-a za3#-bi-sze3 til3#-la
5. [...]-a#-ba#-x-gil#-bi#-na#-za [...]-mu-en# mu-e#-szum2#-ma
6. [...]-a2-kusz-a-mu-diri mu#-in#-gar-ra nam-dugud# mu#-e#-dah-am3#
7. [{d}]nisaba# nin-{d}lamma3-ra-ke4 {d}lamma3-zu he2-am3#

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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: Lo. pt. &Lu. cnr. missing, ruled, abraded
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  • history: JAOS 69 (pp. 199-215), 200

    [Kramer1949JAOS69] Kramer, Samuel N. 1949. “Schooldays: A Sumerian Composition Relating to the Education of a Scribe.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 69 (4): 199–215. https://www.jstor.org/stable/596246.

  • history: HAV, 451, 18

    [Radau1909HAV] Radau, Hugo. 1909. “Miscellaneous Sumerian Texts from the Temple Library of Nippur.” Hilprecht Anniversary Volume, Studies in Assyriology and Archaeology, Dedicated to H.V. Hilprecht by His Colleagues, Friends and Admirers, 374–457.

  • history: Kramer Schooldays, p. 4

    [sec33458] Kramer, Samuel N. n.d.

  • history: OrNS 13 (pp. 288-320), pp.312ff.

    [Witzel1944OrNS13] Witzel, Maurus. 1944. “Ein Sumerisches Lehrgedicht.” Orientalia NS 13: 288–320.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 13105
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-09 at 18:33:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-01 at 14:37:04 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-25 at 13:06:30 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-02 at 13:10:46 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-02 at 13:08:49 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-02 at 13:07:59 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2015-09-23 at 08:20:34 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-03-20 at 21:04:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. 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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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000754 (Edubba A) composite (P464238) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000754, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P268190.
CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P268190). (2024, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268190 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268190 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
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	month = {sep 9},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000754, ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268190},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268190},
}


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