CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 018 (P268937)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 13932Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary (ETCSL 1.04.01 Inanna's Descent (witness))Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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1. [...]-ta [...] x x [...] {gesz}gesztu#-ga#-ni# [...]
2. dingir an# gal#-ta ki# gal#-sze3# {gesz}gesztu#-ga-ni [...]
3. {d}inanna an# gal#-ta ki gal#-sze3# {gesz}gesztu-ga-ni# [...]
4. nin-mu an# mu-un-szub ki mu-un-szub# kur#-ra# [...]
5. {d}inanna an# mu-un#-szub ki# mu#-un-szub kur-ra ba#-[...]
6. nam#-en# mu#-un#-szub nam-lagar mu-un-szub kur#-ra [...]
7. unu{ki}-ga e2#-an#-na# mu#-un#-szub# kur-ra# ba-e-a-e11
8. zabala2# gi#-gun4#-ga mu-un-szub# kur-ra# ba-e-a-e11#
9. [...] e2#-szar-ra mu-un#-szub# kur#-ra# ba#-e-a-e11
10. a-ga-de3{ki#}-a# e2#-x-x{ki#}-a mu#-un#-szub# kur#-ra# ba#-e#-x-x
11. kisz{ki}-a hur#-sag#-kalam#-ma mu#-un#-szub kur-ra [ba]-e-[...]
12. bad3-tibira#{ki#}-a# e2#-x-x mu#-un-szub kur-ra# [...]
13. nibru#[{ki} ...] dur2# gar#-ra# mu-un-szub [...]
14. me 7(disz)-bi# za3 mu-ni-in-kesz2#
15. [...]-un-ur4-ur4 szu-ni-sze3 mu-u8# [...]
16. [...] x gub-ba i-im-gen#
17. [...]-x-ra men edin#-na sag-ga2 mu-[...]-gal2#
18. [...] sag-ki-na szu ba-ni-in-[...]
19. [...] x tab-ba gaba-na ba!-an-dul#
20. {na4#}za-gin3 di4-di4 gu2-na ba-an-[...]
21. x-di-tum lu2 ga2-nu ga2-[...] gaba#-na# [...]
22. [...] x tug2 nam-nin-a# bar#-ra-na ba-an#-dul#?
23. [...] he2# [...] he2#-em-du [...]
24. [...] x [...]
rest broken
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beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. [...]-nu# sukkal# zi e2-an-na-[...]
3'. [...] ga-e-de5 na-de5-mu x-[...]
4'. [...] ga#-ra#-ab-du11 gizzal x x [...]
5'. [...] x [...] x [...]
6'. [...] kur-sze3 gen-[...]-mu-ne
7'. [...] du6#-du6-dam mu#-un#-na#-ga2-ga2
8'. [...] gu2#-en-na# mu-un#-na#-du12-a
9'. [...] dingir-re#-[...]-e# mu-un-na-x-nigin2#
10'. [...] x [...] x [...]-ab giri17-zu hur#-ma#!-ab#
11'. ki# mu-lu-da nu#-di hasz4-gal#-zu# hur#-ma#-ab
12'. mu-lu nu-tuku-gin7 tug2 dili#-a# mu4#-ma-ab
13'. e2#-kur-re e2 {d#}mu-ul-lil2-la2-sze3 me-ri#-zu dili mu-un-[...]
14'. [...] x e2# {d#}mu-ul-lil2-la2-sze3 ku4-ku4-da-zu-[...]
15'. x [...]-mu#-ul-lil2-la2-sze3 er2 szesz2-am3
16'. x [...] {d#}mu#-ul-lil2# du5#-mu-zu mu-lu#-kur-ra nam-ba-da-an-[...]
17'. ku3 sa6-ga-zu sahar# kur-ra-ka nam-ba-da-ab-szar2-re
18'. za-gin3 sa6-ga#-zu za# zadim# nam-ba-da-an-si-il-si-il
19'. {gesz}[...] gisz nagar#-ra#-ka# nam-ba-an-dar#-dar-e
20'. ki#-sikil# {d}ga-[...]-na kur-ra nam-ba-da-an-U-e
21'. u4#-da# {d}mu#-ul#-lil2# [...]-x-eg3#-ba nu-ri-gub
22'. uri2#{ki#}-sze3# gen-na
23'. [...]-x x e2#-mud-kur-ra-ka
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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- Condition Description: loe. missing, abraded, 1 col. , ruled
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history: OIP 15, 049
[Chiera1934OIP15] Chiera, Edward. 1934. Sumerian Epics and Myths. Oriental Institute Publications 15. University of Chicago Press.
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history: PAPS 85 (pp. 293-323), Kramer, PAPS 085, 303, pl.3(photo)
[Kramer1942PAPS85] Kramer, Samuel N. 1942. “Sumerian Literature; A Preliminary Survey of the Oldest Literature in the World.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 85 (3): 293–323.
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history: JCS 05 (pp. 1-17), p. 1
[Kramer1951JCS5] Kramer, Samuel N. 1951. “‘Inanna’s Descent to the Nether World’ Continued and Revised. Second Part: Revised Edition of ‘Inanna’s Descent to the Nether World.’” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 5 (1): 1–17. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359570.
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history: Sladek Inanna, p.100
[SladekInanna] Sladek, William R. n.d.
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- Museum No.: CBS 13932
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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CDLI Literary 000343 (Inanna's Descent) composite (P468903) | View the score |