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

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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

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Witness

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

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: lower end
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  • 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.

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  • Museum No.: N 3622
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-01 at 14:37:04 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-25 at 13:06:30 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
2018-02-05 at 14:45:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2018-02-05 at 13:03:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-03-20 at 21:04:25 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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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. 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: May 10, 2025).
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	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000754, ex. 016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P278640},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278640},
}


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