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CDLI Literary 000364, ex. 029 (P268202)

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 13116 + CBS 15360

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 1.08.01.04 Gilgamesh, Enkidu and Netherworld (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Witness

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: Lu. part, cnr,missing, surface abraded
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 1.08.01.04 Gilgamesh, Enkidu and Netherworld (witness))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: HAV, 449 11

[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: Gilgamesh and the Netherworld, p.47

[Shaffer1963PhDdiss] Shaffer, Aaron. 1963. “Sumerian Sources of Tablet XII of the Epic of Gilgamesh (PhD Thesis, Univ. of Pennsylvania).” Phdthesis.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 13116 + CBS 15360
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-02 at 13:10:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-02 at 13:08:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-02 at 13:07:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
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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Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000364 (Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the Netherworld) composite (P469670)	View the score

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“CDLI Literary 000364, Ex. 029 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P268202.

CDLI Literary 000364, ex. 029 artifact entry (No. P268202). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268202 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000364, ex. 029 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268202 (Accessed: April 20, 2025).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268202},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268202},
}

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“CDLI Literary 000364, Ex. 029 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P268202.

CDLI Literary 000364, ex. 029 artifact entry (No. P268202). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268202 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000364, ex. 029 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268202 (Accessed: April 20, 2025).

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}

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