CDLI Literary 000579, ex. 001 (P269117)
Literary letter and letter-prayer 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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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 14116Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.07 Letter from Singe to Mother (witness) Literary Letter; Monkey to his Mother; (Obv)11x(Rev)2 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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obverse
1. lu2 di lu2 di ama-mu-ra#
2. u3-na-du11
3. ugu{gu5}-bi na-be2-a
4. uri2{ki} iri giri17-zal {d}nanna-kam
5. eridu{ki} iri he2-gal2 {d}en-ki-ga-ka
6-7. ge26-e egir {gesz}ig e2 nar-gal-ka al-tusz-en#
8. igi#-tum3-la2 mu-gu7-en
9. nam-ba-da-usz2-en#
10-11. ninda ba-ra#-gibil#-[la2] kasz ba-ra-gibil#-[la2]
reverse
1. lu2 kasx(DU){kas}-e szu tak4-ma-ab#
2. a-ma-ru-kam
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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: lower part broken, ruled
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- Genre(s): Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.07 Letter from Singe to Mother (witness) Literary Letter; Monkey to his Mother; (Obv)11x(Rev)2 lines)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Ali letters, p.120
[Ali1964Letters] Ali, Fadhil A. 1964. “Sumerian Letters : Two Collections from the Old Babylonian Schools.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.
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history: PBS 1/2, 093
[Lutz1919PBS1/2] Lutz, Henry F. 1919. Selected Sumerian and Babylonian Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 1/2. University of Pennsylvania.
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history: ZA 068 (pp. 163-195), p.168
[Powell1978ZA68] Powell, Marvin A. 1978. “Ukubi to Mother ... The Situation Is Desperate: A Plaidoyer For Methodological Rigor in Editing and Interpreting Sumerian Texts with an Exursus on the Verb Taka : Dax-Dax (TAG4).” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 68: 163–95.
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history: M.E.Cohen, OrNS 45, p.271
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- Museum No.: CBS 14116
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (3.3.7) (3.3.7)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (3.3.7) (3.3.7)
- Penn Museum (587567) (587567)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.14116) (CBS.14116)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P269117) (P269117)
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000579 (Letter from Ugubi to Mother) composite (P473738) | View the score |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-08]},
year = {2024},
month = {oct 7},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000579, ex. 001 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P269117},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269117},
}
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