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CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 071 (P346505)

Literary tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Photo

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 1.04.03 Dumuzi’s Dream (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] i3#-dur2-dur2# {d#}dumu#-[...]
en: The anzam containers were sitting idle, Dumuzi was no longer dwelling there, the sheepfold had been made into an empty wind
2'. [...]-ga# szir3#-[...]
en: The dead Dumuzi! It is a širkalkal(?) composition.
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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

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 1.04.03 Dumuzi’s Dream (witness))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: UET 6, 0467

[Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.
history: JNES 77, 089

[Tinney2018JNES77] Tinney, Stephen J. 2018. “‘Dumuzi’s Dream’ Revisited.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 77 (1): 85–89. https://doi.org/10.1086/696146.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM —
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Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Excavation No: U —
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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
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2019-06-09 at 21:09:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2019-05-29 at 21:01:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	approved
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N.		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (1.4.3) (1.4.3)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (1.4.3) (1.4.3)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P346505) (P346505)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000347 (Dumuzi's Dream) composite (P469528)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000347, Ex. 071 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P346505.

CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 071 artifact entry (No. P346505). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346505 (Original work published 2006)

CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 071 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346505 (Accessed: December 27, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000347, ex. 071 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346505},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346505},
}

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DA  - 2023/6/15/
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M1  - 2025/12/27/
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000347, Ex. 071 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P346505.

CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 071 artifact entry (No. P346505). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346505 (Original work published 2006)

CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 071 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346505 (Accessed: December 27, 2025).

@misc{2023CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000347, ex. 071 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346505},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346505},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P346505
LB  - CDLI:P346505
M1  - 2025/12/27/
TI  - CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 071 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P346505
ER  -