CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 030 (P278340)

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 3298

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 5.06.01 Instructions of Shuruppak (witness) Instructions of Shuruppak; 8x9 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. [...]-am3# sza3-ge nu-tak4-tak4
3'. [...]-gur11#?-ra ur5-e la-ba-an-gu7-e
4'. [x x] i7-da ma2#? he2-en-da-su
5'. [x]-edin-na {kusz}ummu3 he2-en-da-dar
6'. [x] ki-ag2 nig2 e2 du3-du3-u3-dam
7'. [x] hul gig nig2 e2 gul-gul-lu-dam
8'. [x]-gal2-e nig2-du12-du12 gaba-gal2 me nam-nun-na
reverse
1. [x] nir#-gal2-ra gu2 he2-en-ne-ni-gal2
2. a2-tuku ni2-zu he2-en-ne-szi-la2
3. dumu-mu lu2 hul-gal2-ra he2-en-ne-szi-gal2-le
4. ezem-ma#-ka dam na-an-du3-du3-e
5. [x x] hun#-ga2-am3 bar-ra hun-ga2-am3
6. [ku3]-am3# za hun-ga2-am3 za hun-ga2-am3
7. [...]-ug3?-ga2-am3
8. [...]-an#-da?-sa2
9. [... na]-an#-ni-sa10-sa10
  rest 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
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: lower end
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  • Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 5.06.01 Instructions of Shuruppak (witness) Instructions of Shuruppak; 8x9 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Alster, Shuruppak, 026, N 3298

    [Alster1974Shuruppak] Alster, Bendt. 1974. The Instructions of Šurruppak : A Sumerian Proverb Collection. Vol. 2. Mesopotamia. Copenhagen Studies in Assyriology. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag.

  • history: FTS, p.138 fig.6

    [Kramer1956FTS] Kramer, Samuel N. 1956. From the Tablets of Sumer : Twenty-Five Firsts in Man’s Recorded History. Indian Hills, Colorado: The Falcon’s Wing Press.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-12 at 18:56:20 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
2015-11-26 at 17:06:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-11-26 at 17:00:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-28 at 09:07:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-10-10 at 07:43:36 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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Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000782 (Instructions of Shuruppak) composite (P478969) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000782, Ex. 030 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P278340.
CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 030 artifact entry (No. P278340). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278340 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 030 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278340 (Accessed: May 18, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000782, ex. 030 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P278340},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278340},
}


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