CDLI Literary 000638, ex. 001 (P268477)

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 13397

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 4.08.07 Inanna and Dumuzi G (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
1. [...]-lam#-ma [...]
2. [...]-bi2# sa6-sa6 [...]
3. [...] ad# mu-un#-x
4. [...]-me-en szesz-me x-[...]
5. [...] e2# gal-la-me he2#-[me-en]
6. [x x]-un#-si {gisz}ma2-gur8-ra# [...]
7. [x x] {gisz}gigir-ra-me he2-[me-en]
8. [...] {gisz#}x-sar#-re-me he2-[me-en]
9. [...]-uru di ku5-ru!-me he2-me#-[en]
10. [...] nig2# 5(ia2)# mu-sa2 nig2 x
11. [...]-sa2# ad#-da#-ga2 he2#-[...]
12. [...] gu2# zi#-me# he2-[...]
13. [...] he2#-[...]
reverse
  broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
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: chip, obv. ?, ruled
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  • Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 4.08.07 Inanna and Dumuzi G (witness))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: OIP 16, 107

    [Chiera1934OIP16] Chiera, Edward. 1934. Sumerian Texts of Varied Contents. Oriental Institute Publications 16. University of Chicago Press.

  • citation: JNES 59 (pp. 23-30), 024

    [Tinney2000JNES59] Tinney, Stephen J. 2000. “Notes on Sumerian Sexual Lyric.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 59 (1): 23–30. https://www.jstor.org/stable/546210.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 13397
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-15 at 13:34:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-15 at 17:56:31 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-30 at 15:23:23 Firth, Richard Artifact 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
2021-01-30 at 08:36:16 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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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000638 (Inanna and Dumuzi G) composite (P478867) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000638, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P268477.
CDLI Literary 000638, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P268477). (2024, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268477 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000638, ex. 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268477 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000638, ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268477},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268477},
}


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