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NABU 2009/068 (P268491)

Prayer tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 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 13408

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (En2-e2-nu-ru incantation; (Obv)11x(Rev)12 lines; *in Old Card Catalog this tablet was said to be missing in 1910.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: l. part partially missing, abraded, ruled
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  • Genre(s): Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (En2-e2-nu-ru incantation; (Obv)11x(Rev)12 lines; *in Old Card Catalog this tablet was said to be missing in 1910.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

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  • Museum No.: CBS 13408
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
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
“NABU 2009/068 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P268491.
NABU 2009/068 artifact entry (No. P268491). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268491 (Original work published 2005)
NABU 2009/068 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268491 (Accessed: April 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NABU 2009/068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268491},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268491},
}


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