CDLI Literary 000574, ex. 005 (P356218)
Literary letter and letter-prayer tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
Penn —Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.02 Letter from Lugal-shu to a King (witness) letter)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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obverse
beginning broken
1'. [iri-ga2 sag]-gin7# ku3 la#-[ba-ni-DU] sag siki mu-sir2# ba-[la2]
2'. gu5#-li du10-sa zu-a kal-la-mu#
3'. lu2 dili gu7-u3-gin7# igi tur mu-un-gi7-[i-esz]
4'. ama ugu-mu u3-sakar ubur-[ra-bi]
5'. du10#-ge-esz x-mu gu7-mu ka-mu#-[ta] ba-an-[kar]
6'. a#-a-mu# [sza3] ur2#-bi#-ta# [gur3-gur3-ru-a] ki-ta ba-[an-gar-re-en]
7'. [nin arhusz-a-mu] e2#-bi# ba-[kal igi] nu#-mu-un-szi#-[bar-re]
8'. [gesz hul] gurun# nu-il2#-[la-gin7 lu2 na-ma-szi-hul2-le]
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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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- Genre(s): Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.02 Letter from Lugal-shu to a King (witness) letter)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Ali letters, pl. 44
[Ali1964Letters] Ali, Fadhil A. 1964. “Sumerian Letters : Two Collections from the Old Babylonian Schools.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.
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history: SLFN, 23, 3N-T904,155
[Heimerdinger1979SLFN] Heimerdinger, Jane W. 1979. Sumerian Literary Fragments from Nippur. Vol. 4. Occasional Publications of the Babylonian Fund. Philadelphia : Distributed by the Babylonian Fund, University Museum.
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Excavation No: 3N-T0904,155
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-23 at 10:12:03 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-06-29 at 15:20:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-06-29 at 15:17:51 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2011-07-19 at 12:11:17 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Atf | Dahl, Jacob L. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2007-01-27 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Peterson, Jeremiah; Tinney, Stephen J. | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000574 (Letter from Lugal-szu to a King) composite (P473737) | View the score |