Faunal Conception 287 (P278534)

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 3505

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Literary; 10x2(lo.e.) lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. [... nig2?]-bun2#?-na he2#?-[...]
2'. [...] i7-da x [...]
3'. [...] a nu-nag he2-[me-en]
4'. [...]-da-ke4 sub-sub-ba he2-me-en#
5'. [...]-na-ke4 ka gal2 tak4 he2-me-en#
6'. [...] u4 gid2-da im-ma-kar he2#-[me-en]
7'. [...] amar# sze21-gin7 a2-za si-ga [...]
8'. [...] lu2 udul10-a sipa tur udu lu-lu-[...]
9'. [...] zi-zu szu he2-em-ta#-kar# [...]
10'. [...] UR5-ra-ka-sze3-gin7 he2-em#-[...]
bottom
1. 4(u) 5(disz)
2. 1(disz)? 5(u) x
  line count for column, running totals?
  rest broken
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
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: lower edge
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  • Museum No.: N 3505
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2017-10-11 at 04:49:52 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2014-04-11 at 09:54:55 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

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Cite this Artifact
“Faunal Conception 287 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P278534.
Faunal Conception 287 artifact entry (No. P278534). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278534 (Original work published 2005)
Faunal Conception 287 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278534 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {Faunal {Conception} 287 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P278534},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278534},
}


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