N 4224 (P279086)

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 4224

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Literary)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...] x
3'. [...]-za
4'. [...]-x-LU
  rest broken
column 2
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1'. PA DUR? AN x [...]
2'. u4 KA IL2? si sa2-a [...]
3'. me ninnu-a PAD x [...]
4'. asila-la2 di uz-ga ku3 [...]
5'. en an sig7-ga te-a [...]
6'. szu-luh ku3-ge [...]
7'. [x] ge6-par4-ra za-x [...]
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reverse
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  blank space
  rest 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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
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  • Museum No.: N 4224
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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 4224 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P279086.
N 4224 artifact entry (No. P279086). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P279086 (Original work published 2005)
N 4224 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P279086 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {N 4224 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P279086},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P279086},
}


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