CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 048 (P278287)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 3237 + N 3249 + N 5814 (+) N 6468

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 5.01.01 Edubba A (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

tablet
obverse
1. dumu [...]-la#-am3# [...] i3#-du-de3
2. e2-dub#-[...] i3-du-en
3. e2-dub#-[...]
4. dub-[...] i3-[...]
5. [...]
6. [mu]-gub-ba-mu# ma-an-gub-[...]
7. kin#-sig im#-szu#-mu ma-an-[...]
8. [u4] e2-dub-ba-a du8-e-de3 [...]
9. e2#-i i3-ku4-re-en [...]
10. ad#-da-mu# im#-szu-mu [...]
11. dub#-mu# [...]-szid# ad-da#-[...]
reverse
  broken

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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: upper right corner, rev destroyed
  • Join Information:
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  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:


  • history: UF 42 (pp. 535-572), 535f, 02 (+) 03

    [Peterson2010UF42[1]] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2010. “Sumerian Literary Fragments in the University Museum, Philadelphia II.” Ugarit Forschungen 42: 535–72.

  • history: unpub. ms?

    [sec54060] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 3237 + N 3249 + N 5814 (+) N 6468
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-16 at 17:00:16 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-16 at 16:49:33 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2017-09-02 at 12:26:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-03-20 at 22:30:22 Chen, Eunice Atf Chen, Eunice CDLI approved View
2014-03-20 at 21:28:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-03-20 at 21:04:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000754 (Edubba A) composite (P464238) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000754, Ex. 048 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P278287.
CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 048 artifact entry (No. P278287). (2024, June 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278287 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 048 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278287 (Accessed: May 9, 2025).
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	month = {jun 16},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000754, ex. 048 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P278287},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278287},
}

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