ZA 083, 176 (P278988)

Prayer 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 4109 + Ist Ni 04329

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Incantation; dupl. of part of incantations in CT 17?; 6x11x6 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: center, 3 cols
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  • primary: ZA 83 (pp. 170-205), 176

    [Cavigneaux1993ZA83] Cavigneaux, Antoine, and Farouk N. H. al-Rawi. 1993. “Textes Magiques de Tell Haddad (Textes de Teil Haddad II).” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 83 (1): 170–205. https://doi.org/10.1515/za-1993-0123.

  • history: Copied for publication by Schramm

    [sec54190] N.d.

  • citation: NABU 2013/1, NABU 2013/001,

    [PetersonNABU2013/1] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2013. “A Catalog of Old Babylonian Sumerian Incantations and Rituals from Nippur in the University Museum, Philadelphia,” Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, .

    Central fragment of a multi-column tablet with only one side preserved. Cavigneaux and al-Rawi ZA 083, 175 identify it as a collective of incantations, including the incantation described as a “Charme universel?,” line 2f., which was edited by Cavigneaux and al-Rawi ZA 85 185-186.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 16:47:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-02 at 16:45:30 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
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
“ZA 083, 176 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P278988.
ZA 083, 176 artifact entry (No. P278988). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278988 (Original work published 2005)
ZA 083, 176 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278988 (Accessed: May 9, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278988},
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