CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 016 (P278640)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 3622

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

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] nam# [...]
2'. [...]-ni u-mu#-[...]
3'. [...]-ra# usu-ni x [...]
4'. [...] x nam-dub-sar-ra KA [...]
5'. x nam-szesz-e e2-dub-ba-a na-me la x x in-[...]
6'. nig2#-ba-ni szum2-ma-ab a-ra2 x x x [...]
7'. szid nig2-szid-de3 szu-na x [...]
8'. [...] inim-ma e2-dub-ba-a x [...]
9'. [...] e2-dub-ba-ke4-ne ab#-[...] ga2-e hu-mu-un-[...]
reverse
1. [...] nig2 bi2-in-du11#-[...] ad#-da#-ni inim-ma ba-x
2. [...]-a e2-dub-ba-a-ta lu2 im-[...]
3. [...]-a# u3-mu-ni-in-ku4 x mu la [...]
4. [...] e2#-dub-ba-a-ke4 szu-kin an-dab5 igi-ni-sze3 al#-[...]
5. [...]-ra# a-na bi2-in-zu-na#
6. [...]-na# szu#-na ba-ni-in-szum2#
7. [...] sza3# hul2-la-ni-ta
8. [...] x gu2 hul2 x x [...]
9. [...] in# [...]
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Literary (ETCSL 5.01.01 Edubba A (witness))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Literary 000754 (Edubba A) composite (P464238) Q000754 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P278640

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
lower end

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 3622
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations) 5.1.1
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations) 5.1.1
Penn Museum (Penn) 572187
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.3622
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P278640

References

  • history: JAOS 69 (pp. 199-215), 200, N 3622

    [Kramer1949JAOS69] Kramer, Samuel N. 1949. “Schooldays: A Sumerian Composition Relating to the Education of a Scribe.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 69 (4): 199–215. https://www.jstor.org/stable/596246.

  • history: Kramer Schooldays, pl. 3

    [sec33458] Kramer, Samuel N. n.d.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-01 at 14:37:04 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-25 at 13:06:30 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2018-02-05 at 14:45:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-02-05 at 13:03:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-03-20 at 21:04:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000754, Ex. 016 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P278640.
CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 016 artifact entry (No. P278640). (2024, September 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278640 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 016 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278640 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278640},
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000754, Ex. 016 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P278640.
CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 016 artifact entry (No. P278640). (2024, September 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278640 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 016 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278640 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 1},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000754, ex. 016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P278640},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278640},
}


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M1  - 2026/10/27/
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