CDLI Literary 000580, ex. 001 (P269119)
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 14118Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.08 Letter from Shamash-tab to Ilak-ni'id (witness) Literary Letter; from Utudug to Ilakni'id; (Obv)10x(Rev)0 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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1. [{disz}{d}]utu#-du10#-[e na-ab-be2-a]
2. kaskal iti 1(disz) u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam u4# [ni2-za he2]-bi2#-DU#
3. sza3 ni-qum{ki}-ma-ta a#-na#-sze#-am3 iti-da u4 3(disz)-kam-ma-bi
4. a2 ag2-ga2-zu na-ma-tum3
5. bar-zu en3 bi2-tar giri3-zu si ba-ab-sa2
6. 2(disz)-am3 ansze-gisz-a ku3-bi 4(disz) gin2
7. 1(disz) sza3-ga-du3 gada kug-bi masz gin2
8. a2 {gisz}ma2-zu 1(disz) gin2
9. a2 {gisz}ma2-zu ma2-zu 1(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2-am3
10. a bi2-si-ig
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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: ue. broken, ruled, rev. blank
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- Genre(s): Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.08 Letter from Shamash-tab to Ilak-ni'id (witness) Literary Letter; from Utudug to Ilakni'id; (Obv)10x(Rev)0 lines)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Ali letters, p. 124
[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, 095
[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 14118
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-08-30 at 08:49:45 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-07-23 at 10:12:03 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2016-10-10 at 15:35:51 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2014-11-21 at 08:56:25 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-10-07 at 08:23:28 | Wagensonner, Klaus | Atf | Wagensonner, Klaus | CDLI | approved |
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| 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 |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (3.3.8) (3.3.8)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (3.3.8) (3.3.8)
- Penn Museum (587569) (587569)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.14118) (CBS.14118)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P269119) (P269119)
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000580 (Letter from Shamash-tab to Ilak-ni'id) composite (P473739) | View the score |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-21]},
year = {2024},
month = {aug 30},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000580, ex. 001 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P269119},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269119},
}
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