CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 008 (P345249)

Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 02750

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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Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. dumu e2-dub-ba-a u4 ul-la#-a# me-sze3# i3-du-de3-en#
2. e2#-dub-ba-a-sze3# i3-du-de3-en
3. e2#-dub-ba-a a-na#-am3# i3#-ak
4. [...]-mu i3-szid ninda-ka#-gub-mu# i3-gu7
5. [...]-mu# i3-dim2# i3-sar i3-[til3]-ma#
6. [...]-gub#-ba-mu ma-an-gub-bu-usz
7. [...]-sig# im-szu-mu ma-an-gub-bu
8. [...]-du8#-u3-de3 e2-sze3 i3-du-de3
9. [...]-re ad-da-mu al#-tusz#
10. [...] inim i3#-na-ra-de2
11. [...] ad-da-mu mu-sa6#
12. [...]-gub#-bu-nam
13. [...] mu-ub-ze2-en
14. [...]-ab-ze2-en
15. [...] {gesz#}na2 gub-ba-ab [...]-ba#-nu2-e-sze#
16. [...]-ub#-ze2-en
17. [...] x x x [...]-en
18. [...]-ne
19. [...]-ma#
20-21. [...]-sze# [...]-du11#
rest broken
column 2
1. x im-ta-ku5#-da#-asz-e#-[...]
2. kinda ka-gub PA [...] NE-NE [...] ninda-ka-gub in#-na-[...]
3. um-mi-a ag2-ga2 e2-dub#-a# en# [...]
4. lu2 tag-tag-ge-da e2 sila#-a# [...] tug2-gaba-zu nu-ub-sir2-re#-[...]
5. ad-da e2 dub-ba-mu# dub-mu# [...]
6. lu2 kisal#-x-ke4 sar#-x-ab-ze2-en# [...] ki hun-ga2 x x x [...]
7. dub-mu szu ba-e#-[...]
8. dub-mu ab-sar-re nig2#-DU-[...]
9. en3 nu-tar-ra-bi EN KA-sze3 KA#-[...]
10. lu2 x x na-sze-am3# ga2-[...]-e-sze in-tud2-de3-en
11. lu2 PA x x-ke4 a-na-am3# gu2#-[...]-e-sze in-tud2-de3-en#
12. lu2# gesz-hur#-ra-ke4 a-na#-sze#-am3 i3-zi-he#-en#-e-sze in-tud2#-[...]-en
13. lu2 ka2#-na-ke4 a-na#-sze#-am3 ib#-ta#-e3#-e-sze in-tud2#-de3#-en
14. lu2 usan3#-na-ke3 a-na#-am3# x szu# ba#-ti-e-sze in-tud2-de3-en
15. lu2 eme-gi7#-ra-ke4# x x KA# NE# x-e-sze in-tud2-de3-en
16. um-mi-a-mu szu-zu nu#-[...]-e#-[...]-de3#-en#
17. nam#-dub#-sar-ra gu2# x bi2#-du nam#-[...]-x
18. um#-mi-a KA-ni nu-mu-e-da-an-x
19. [nam]-dub#-sar-ra usu-ni ma-[...]
20. [...] inim-ma ZI dub-sar-ra x [...]
21. [...] x GAL e2-dub-ba-a-esz3 na-me na-[...]
22. [...]-ma-ab a-ra2 ha-ra#-szum2-ma#
23. [...]-mi#-bar-re
reverse
column 1
1. [...]-ma e2-dub-ba-a gal2-x
2. [...] dub-ba-a-ke4-ne ab-szid-de3 ga2-e [...]
3. [...] e2-dub-ba-a-ke4-ne nig2 bi2-du11-ga# ad-da-na inim-ma ba-ni-gi4
4. um#-mi-a e2-dub-ba-a-ta lu2 im-da-re
5. e2#-a x i3-in-ku4-re za3-gu-la bi-tusz
6. dumu e2-dub-ba-a-ke4-e-ne szu-x an-dab5 igi-ni-sze3 al-gub
7. nam-dub-sar a-na bi2-in-zu-na
8. ad-da-na szu-na ba-ni-in-szum2
9. ad-da-ni sza3 hul2-la-ni-ta
10. ad-da e2-dub-ba-a-ke4-ne gu2 hul2 ba-ni-de2#-e#
11. lu2-tur-mu szu-ni i-ni-in-bad-du ku3-zu i-ni-in-ku4-re-en
12. nam#-dub-sar-ra nig2-galam-galam-ma-bi mu-ni-in-pa3#-pa3#-de2-en
13. sza3 dub-ba-a szed nig2-ka9 ki-bur2-bur2-ra# mu-un-na-si#-ga#
14. gu szum2-ma-ab ki-dul-dul-a-bi dalla mu-ni-ne
15. kasz saga-gin7 ni-ir-da mu-na-de2-e banszur mu-na-an-DU
16. i3 du10-ga murgu{gu2#} sza3-ga-na a-gin7 mi#-ni#-ib#-bala#-[...]
17. tug2# ga-ni-mu4 nig2 ga-na-ba har# szu#-na bi2-du11
18. kasz saga-gin7# in-ir-da mu-na-ni-de2-e banszur mu-na-DU
19. i3 du10-ga murgu{gu} sza3-ga-na a-gin7 mi#-ni-ib#-bala#-[...]
20. tug2 ga-ni-mu4 nig2-ba nig2 mu-na#-an-ba# x szu#-na bi2#-[...]
21. um-mi-a sza3 hul-la-ni-ta szud3 mu-na-DU
22. lu2#-tur# inim#-mu# NI gu2 li-bi2-du3-a im-szub
23. nam#-dub#-sar#-ra sab-bi us2-sa za3-bi-sze3# til-la
24. nig2#-na#-me la#-ba-gil ba-na-za-a x szu# mu#-un-sze3 mu-szum2-ma#
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [...] NI#
>>Q000754 080
2'. [...] me#-en
3'. [...] ra#
4'. [...] inim#-bi2 [...] ga2-ga2-ne
5'. [...] gin7 [...] mu#-na#-ga2-ga2
6'. [...] gin7# sud3 nam-sza4-sza4
7'. [...] um#-mi-a-ka [...] szesz#-gal-la-ka
8'. [...] mu#-e#-gar-ra-zu
9'. [...] szul#-a-zu [...]-gi# hu-mu-ra-ga2-ga2-ne
10'. [...] ga2-e2#-dub#-ba-a pa bi2-e3 lu2-umun2# bi2-ag#
11-12'. {d}nisaba nin-ki-umun2#-ma# nam-mah#-a-ni bi2-in-du11
13'. {d}nisaba za3-mu10
14'. en-ba-du3#-du3#-nam#

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

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 5.01.01 Edubba A (witness))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: STTNi, 118

[Kramer1944SLTNi] Kramer, Samuel N. 1944. Sumerian Literary Texts from Nippur in the Museum of the Ancient Orient at Istanbul. The American Schools of Oriental Research.
history: JAOS 69 (pp. 199-215), 200

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ist Ni 02750
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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
2024-09-23 at 18:00:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-09-01 at 14:37:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-25 at 09:43:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2018-02-06 at 08:22:36	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2018-02-05 at 12:58:54	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2017-09-04 at 15:46:13	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2014-03-20 at 21:04:24	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-11-09 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Tinney, Stephen J.; Wagensonner, Klaus		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (5.1.1) (5.1.1)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (5.1.1) (5.1.1)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.2750) (Ni.2750)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P345249) (P345249)

Composites

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. 008 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P345249.

CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 008 artifact entry (No. P345249). (2024, September 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P345249 (Original work published 2006)

CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P345249 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000754, Ex. 008 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P345249.

CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 008 artifact entry (No. P345249). (2024, September 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P345249 (Original work published 2006)

CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P345249 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P345249},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P345249},
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