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CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 016 & 000736, ex. 059 (P275004)

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, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 2986

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 1.04.01 Inanna's Descent (witness); ETCSL 4.28.01 Nungal A ('Decad no. 09')

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

Text

obverse
1. [{d}utu er2-na] szu# ba-an-szi-[in-ti]
2. [gal5-la2-e-ne] nu-ha-[ha-ne]
3. [...] x x [...]
4. [...] x x [...]
5. [...] x x [...]
6. [...] x x [...]
7. [...] x x [...]
8. [...] x [...]
reverse
(transliteration incomplete)

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 1.04.01 Inanna's Descent (witness); ETCSL 4.28.01 Nungal A ('Decad no. 09')
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: JCS 29 (pp. 3-45), 033

[Sjöberg1977JCS29] Sjöberg, Åke W. 1977. “Miscellaneous Sumerian Texts, II.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 29 (1): 3–45. https://doi.org/10.2307/1360002.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: N 2986
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2024-07-16 at 13:30:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2014-10-19 at 09:43:16	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2014-08-27 at 15:48:10	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	Approved
2012-04-21 at 21:30:15	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2005-09-27 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (1.4.1) (1.4.1)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (1.4.1) (1.4.1)
Penn Museum (571809) (571809)
Electronic Babylonian Library (N.2986) (N.2986)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P275004) (P275004)

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000343 (Inanna's Descent) composite (P468903)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000343, Ex. 016 & 000736, Ex. 059 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P275004.

CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 016 & 000736, ex. 059 artifact entry (No. P275004). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P275004 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 016 & 000736, ex. 059 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P275004 (Accessed: February 5, 2026).

@misc{2024CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000343, ex. 016 & 000736, ex. 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P275004},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P275004},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P275004
LB  - CDLI:P275004
M1  - 2026/2/5/
TI  - CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 016 & 000736, ex. 059 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000343, Ex. 016 & 000736, Ex. 059 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P275004.

CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 016 & 000736, ex. 059 artifact entry (No. P275004). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P275004 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 016 & 000736, ex. 059 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P275004 (Accessed: February 5, 2026).

@misc{2024CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000343, ex. 016 & 000736, ex. 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P275004},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P275004},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P275004
LB  - CDLI:P275004
M1  - 2026/2/5/
TI  - CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 016 & 000736, ex. 059 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P275004
ER  -