ZA 071, 013 (P276416)

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, USA

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 1266

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Incantation; against gall; 14x3 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: upper end
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  • primary: ZA 71 (pp. 1-18), 013

    [Michalowski1981ZA71] Michalowski, Piotr. 1981. “Carminative Magic: Towards an Understanding of Sumerian Poetics.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 71 (1): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1515/zava.1981.71.1.1.

  • history: Quadsem 18 (pp. 305-326), 324, no. 09

    [Michalowski1992Quadsem18] Michalowski, Piotr. 1992. “The Early Mesopotamian Incantation Tradition .” Quaderni Di Semantica, Quaderni di Semitistica, 18: 305–26.

  • history: OrNS 41 (pp. 349-358), 358 fig. 2

    [vanDijk1972OrNS41] Dijk, Johannes J. A. van, and Bendt Alster. 1972. “A Sumerian Incantation against Gall.” Orientalia NS 41: 349–58.

  • citation: NABU 2013/1, NABU 2013/001,

    [PetersonNABU2013/1] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2013. “A Catalog of Old Babylonian Sumerian Incantations and Rituals from Nippur in the University Museum, Philadelphia,” Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, .

    Almost entirely intact imgida. Incantation against gall (ze2). Edited by Alster OrNS 41 350f. (source B) and Michalowski ZA 71 13f. (source B).

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-03 at 16:30:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-03 at 16:29:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-29 at 18:17:21 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-24 at 19:29:32 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 View
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“ZA 071, 013 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P276416.
ZA 071, 013 artifact entry (No. P276416). (2024, September 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P276416 (Original work published 2005)
ZA 071, 013 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P276416 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).
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	month = {sep 3},
	title = {ZA 071, 013 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P276416},
}


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