CDLI Literary 000551, ex. 001 (P277971)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
N 2901Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.01.12 Letter from Amar-Suen to Šulgi (witness))Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact Preservation: fragment
- Condition Description: lower left corner
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- Genre(s): Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.01.12 Letter from Amar-Suen to Šulgi (witness))
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: CKU, 16, N 2901
[Michalowski2011CKU] Michalowski, Piotr. 2011. The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur : An Epistolary History of an Ancient Mesopotamian Kingdom. Vol. 15. Mesopotamian Civilizations. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns.
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- Museum No.: N 2901
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-08 at 08:00:06 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-07-08 at 07:56:39 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah | Penn Museum | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (3.1.12) (3.1.12)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (3.1.12) (3.1.12)
- Penn Museum (571737) (571737)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.2901) (N.2901)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P277971) (P277971)
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000551 (Letter from Amar-Suen to Shulgi) composite (P497355) | View the score |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-12]},
year = {2024},
month = {jul 8},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000551, ex. 001 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P277971},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P277971},
}
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