CDLI Literary 000575, ex. 005 (P276690)

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, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 1562

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.03 Letter from Lugal-nesage to King (witness) Literary letter B 8; 10x2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. [lugal {d}]utu-gin7 sza3 kalam#-ma#
2. [mu]-un-zalag-ga
3. [u3]-na#-du11
4. [i-{d}utu] ab-sin2 [ib2-ta-an]-zi#-ga
5. [ti-id-nu]-um-e# szu# bi2#-in#-gar#
6. [szibir-bi] mu#-un#-dab5-ba
7. [lugal idim-bi-sze3] x#-szid-de3-a
8. [u3-na-de3]-tah
9. [{disz}lugal-nesag-ge26 dumu] nibru#{ki}
10. [ARAD2-zu na-ab-be2]-a#
11. [x x]
12. [...] x# x [x?]

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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Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: upper right corner
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.03 Letter from Lugal-nesage to King (witness) Literary letter B 8; 10x2 lines)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: Ali letters, 092, pl.49

[Ali1964Letters] Ali, Fadhil A. 1964. “Sumerian Letters : Two Collections from the Old Babylonian Schools.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: N 1562
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
2024-07-23 at 10:12:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-13 at 15:11:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-13 at 15:10:14	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
2018-05-17 at 15:36:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2014-11-21 at 08:56:22	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-10-07 at 07:39:03	Wagensonner, Klaus	Transliteration	Wagensonner, Klaus		CDLI	Approved
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (3.3.3) (3.3.3)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (3.3.3) (3.3.3)
Penn Museum (570220) (570220)
Electronic Babylonian Library (N.1562) (N.1562)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P276690) (P276690)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000575 (Lugal-nesage to King) composite (P479851)	View the score

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000575, Ex. 005 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P276690.

CDLI Literary 000575, ex. 005 artifact entry (No. P276690). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P276690 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000575, ex. 005 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P276690 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P276690},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P276690},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000575, Ex. 005 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P276690.

CDLI Literary 000575, ex. 005 artifact entry (No. P276690). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P276690 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000575, ex. 005 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P276690 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000575, ex. 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P276690},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P276690},
}

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