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
Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
N 3072 + N 6741Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary (ETCSL 5.09.02 Heron and Turtle (witness) Heron and the Turtle; 15x? lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has fragments Witness
| Period | Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) |
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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Composite Number | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000794 (Heron and Turtle) composite (P478977) | Q000794 | View the score |
Peterson PhD thesis, 293 (2007)Peterson PhD thesis, 293 (2007)
| CDLI number |
P278133
P280496
(retired)
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P278133 |
| Provenience | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
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| Excavation Number | |
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| Elevation |
| Collection(s) |
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Museum Number | N 3072 + N 6741 |
| Accession Number |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations) | 5.9.2 |
| The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations) | 5.9.2 |
| Penn Museum (Penn) | 573867 + 573866 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | N.3072 + N.6741 |
| Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) | P278133 |
history: AfO 24 (pp. 51-72), 51
(pub as 3073)
history: UF 42 (pp. 535-572), 535f, 53
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-09-12 at 16:26:06 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-06-16 at 17:00:16 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-06-07 at 10:00:07 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah | Penn Museum | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
year = {2024},
month = {sep 12},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000794, ex. 004 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P278133},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278133},
}
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