N 3599 (P278618)

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 3599

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Literary; 5x4x3x4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
column 1'
1. [...] x galam-ma
2. [...] {d}en-ul {d}nin-ul
3. [...] x-da
4. [...] he2#?-sig7
5. [...] x x
  rest broken
column 2'
1. {d}en-ki-ga u4 gal-e#? [...] {d}nu-dim2-mud# [...]
2. {gesz}mes kur-x [...]
3. x [...]
reverse
  beginning broken
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. AB# x [...]
2'. en {d}nu-dim#-mud# [...] SAL MUSZ3 ba-ni-[...]
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-bi
2'. [...]-x-SAR
3'. [...] x-am3
4'. [... {d}en]-ki#-ga-kam

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: upper edge, 2 cols
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  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 3599
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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
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
“N 3599 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P278618.
N 3599 artifact entry (No. P278618). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278618 (Original work published 2005)
N 3599 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278618 (Accessed: May 9, 2025).
@misc{2023N,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {N 3599 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P278618},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278618},
}


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