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CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 040 (P279019)

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 4148

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 5.06.01 Instructions of Shuruppak (witness) Instructions of Shuruppak)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...] szu na-an-du3-du3#-[x]
3'-4'. [x]-ga-la2 ama5-a-ke4 lugal-bi-ir [...]-ke4# lugal-bi x [...]
5'. ama-zu inim diri nam-ba-na-ab#-[...]
6'. inim ama-za inim dingir-za ka-sze3 nam#-[...]
7'. ama# {d}utu-am3# lu2 mu-un#-[...]
8'. ab#-ba dingir-am3# [x] mu-[...]
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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 5.06.01 Instructions of Shuruppak (witness) Instructions of Shuruppak)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: Mesopotamia 3, 139

[Alster1975Mes3] Alster, Bendt. 1975. Studies in Sumerian Proverbs. Vol. 3. Mesopotamia. Copenhagen Studies in Assyriology. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: N 4148
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-30 at 13:52:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2018-02-11 at 09:38:00	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2015-11-26 at 17:09:21	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2015-11-26 at 17:00:57	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-10-10 at 07:43:54	Wagensonner, Klaus	Atf	Wagensonner, Klaus		CDLI	approved
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah	Penn Museum	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (5.6.1) (5.6.1)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (5.6.1) (5.6.1)
Penn Museum (572849) (572849)
Electronic Babylonian Library (N.4148) (N.4148)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P279019) (P279019)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000782 (Instructions of Shuruppak) composite (P478969)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000782, Ex. 040 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P279019.

CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 040 artifact entry (No. P279019). (2024, September 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P279019 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 040 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P279019 (Accessed: January 10, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 30},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000782, ex. 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P279019},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P279019},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000782, Ex. 040 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P279019.

CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 040 artifact entry (No. P279019). (2024, September 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P279019 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 040 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P279019 (Accessed: January 10, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 30},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000782, ex. 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P279019},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P279019},
}

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M1  - 2026/1/10/
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