CDLI Literary 000398, ex. 008 (P279151)

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 4292

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 2.04.02.04 Šulgi D (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-sag#-me#-en3# [...]-x-e gub-ba-ta
2'. [... gu2]-erim2-gal2-[sze3 ...]-ki-a-ka [...] szeg12# i3-ni-gi4#
3'. [...]-nu#-e [...]-lil2#-la2-ka [...]-pa-ag2 dub2-i3
4'. lugal#-mu [...] x x x x
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. {gesz#}szu4#-dul5#? kal#-[...]
2'. lugal#-me-en3 kur-re# [...] galam# ba-ta-e3 un# se3-sze3 ga-am3-tak4
3'. gu2# kur-ra-ke4 giri3# u3-mi-us2
4'. x-bala-e [...] si#-ig#-ga ga-am3-du11
5'. [...] ki# x x
  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
  • Condition Description: right edge
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  • Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 2.04.02.04 Šulgi D (witness))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Shulgi3hymns, p. 70

    [Klein1981Shulgi3hymns] Klein, Jacob. 1981. Three Šulgi Hymns : Sumerian Royal Hymns Glorifying King Šulgi of Ur. Bar-Ilan Studies in Near Eastern Languages and Culture . Ramat-Gan, Israel : Bar-Ilan University Press.

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  • Museum No.: N 4292
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-25 at 09:49:06 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-23 at 10:18:56 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-23 at 10:17:12 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
2018-06-01 at 05:00:33 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2012-05-25 at 11:19:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata 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 000398 (Shulgi D) composite (P429779) View the score

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000398, Ex. 008 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P279151.
CDLI Literary 000398, ex. 008 artifact entry (No. P279151). (2024, July 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P279151 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000398, ex. 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P279151 (Accessed: February 5, 2026).
@misc{2024CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 25},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000398, ex. 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P279151},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P279151},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000398, Ex. 008 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P279151.
CDLI Literary 000398, ex. 008 artifact entry (No. P279151). (2024, July 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P279151 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000398, ex. 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P279151 (Accessed: February 5, 2026).
@misc{2024CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 25},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000398, ex. 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P279151},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P279151},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P279151
LB  - CDLI:P279151
M1  - 2026/2/5/
TI  - CDLI Literary 000398, ex. 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P279151
ER  -
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