CDLI Literary 000582, ex. 002 (P269118)
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 14117Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.10 Letter from Inannaka to Nintinuga (witness) Literary Letter; from Inannaka to Nintinugga; (Obv)14x(LoE)1x(Rev)0 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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obverse
1. {d#}nin#-tin#-ug5-ga agrig zid# [e2-kur-ra]
2. a-zu kalam-ma-ra u3-na#-[du11]
3. nin tu6 du11-ga-ni ug3 szar2 ti#-[le]
4. mu7-mu7-ga2-ni ug3 sa6#-[ga]
5.a. nin sza3-ne-sza4 lu2 ti-ti szud3#-[de3 ki-ag2-ra]
5.b. sza3 gur-ru sza3-la2 SUD a#-ra#-zu# [gisz tuku-mu]-ur2
6. u3-na-de3-tah#
7. ti-la ug5-ga en3 tar-bi za-e#-me-en
8. lu2-ku5-lu2-ku5-ra2 du7-du7 gal-bi-me-en
9.a. {disz}{d}inanna-kam dumu-munus {d}en-lil2-a2-mah
9.b. geme2-zu na-ab-be2-a
10. ki-nu2 szub-ba-mu-da 2(disz)#-[kam-ma-bi]
11. u2-u8-a-u8 al-gen#-[na-mu] a-ra2-bi [nu-zu]
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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: ru, rlo&lu. cnrs. missing, ruled, rev. blank
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- Genre(s): Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.10 Letter from Inannaka to Nintinuga (witness) Literary Letter; from Inannaka to Nintinugga; (Obv)14x(LoE)1x(Rev)0 lines)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Ali letters, p.137
[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, 094
[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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- Museum No.: CBS 14117
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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 (3.3.1) (3.3.1)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (3.3.1) (3.3.1)
- Penn Museum (587568) (587568)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.14117) (CBS.14117)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P269118) (P269118)
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000582 (Letter from Inannaka to Nintinuga) composite (P473741) | View the score |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-16]},
year = {2024},
month = {aug 30},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000582, ex. 002 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P269118},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269118},
}
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