Letters 130 (P276912)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 1793

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Literary letter; Lugalmurub to Enlilmassu;9x1x9 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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1. [{disz}]{d}en-lil2-mas-su dimma ad gi4 za
2. ka# lal3 inim gun3-gun3-nu-ra u3#-na-a-du11
3. [dumu] dingir-ra-ni-ir gub-ba a-a ama-ni# ir? ni2# te-ge26-ra u3-na-de3-tah#
4. [{d}]alad# {d}lamma dingir kal-la#-[mu] ulutim2# alan zil2#-[zil2-i]
5. [me-te] nam-dub#-[sar-ra]
6. [x x x]
7. [sza3-mu mu-da-szub enmen2 sza3-gar-mu] ba-tur
8. [nam-zu] ib2-gu7-en [i-si-isz-zu ib2-si-ge-en]

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: upper right corner
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  • Genre(s): Literary (Literary letter; Lugalmurub to Enlilmassu;9x1x9 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Ali letters, 130

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

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  • Museum No.: N 1793
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:12:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-13 at 15:11:45 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
2014-11-21 at 08:56:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-10-07 at 08:23:32 Wagensonner, Klaus Atf Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI 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
“Letters 130 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P276912.
Letters 130 artifact entry (No. P276912). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P276912 (Original work published 2005)
Letters 130 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P276912 (Accessed: May 12, 2025).
@misc{2024Letters,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {Letters 130 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P276912},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P276912},
}


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