Lamaštu, text Sc, pl. 59 (P277804)

Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 2737

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Literary; 9 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary (Literary; 9 lines) School text
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P277804
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P277804

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment left edge, rev blank

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	N 2737
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	571629
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.2737

References

primary: Lamaštu, text Sc

[Farber2014Lamastu] Farber, Walter. 2014. Lamaštu. An Edition of the Canonical Series of Lamaštu Incantations and Rituals and Related Texts from the Second and First Millennia B.C. Mesopotamian Civilizations 17. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. https://www.eisenbrauns.org/books/titles/978-1-57506-258-7.html.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-01 at 13:22:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah	Penn Museum	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Lamaštu, Text Sc, Pl. 59 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P277804.

Lamaštu, text Sc, pl. 59 artifact entry (No. P277804). (2025, August 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P277804 (Original work published 2005)

Lamaštu, text Sc, pl. 59 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P277804 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Lamaštu, Text Sc, Pl. 59 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P277804.

Lamaštu, text Sc, pl. 59 artifact entry (No. P277804). (2025, August 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P277804 (Original work published 2005)

Lamaštu, text Sc, pl. 59 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P277804 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 1},
	title = {Lama{\v s}tu, text {Sc}, pl. 59 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P277804},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P277804},
}

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