CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 035 (P356271)

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

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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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Witness

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'-2'. [...] dub#-ba#-a#-sze# [...]
3'-5'. [...] dub#-ba-a lu2#-bala-a-ke4 [...] ma-an-[...]-te sza3#-mu ba-[...]
6'. [...]-mi#-a ga2#-sze3 i-in-ku4# [...]-za-a [...]
7'. [...] x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...] x [...] x [...]
2'. [lu2] kisal#-la2#-ke4# [sar-ra]-ab#-ze2#-en#? [...]
3'. [dub]-mu# szu ba-ti x giri3-mu#
4'. dub#-mu ab-sar-re nig2-DU-un-bi
5'. [en3] nu-tar-ra-bi inim#-sze3 [...]
  rest broken

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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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  • history: SLFN, 46, 3N-T905,210

    [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.

  • citation: BiOr 17 (pp. 122-152), 142-143 n. 166

    [Gordon1960BiOr17] Gordon, Edmund I. 1960. “A New Look at the Wisdom of Sumer and Akkad.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 17 (3–4): 122–52.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0905,210
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-09 at 10:41:49 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-29 at 15:20:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-29 at 15:17:51 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2018-02-05 at 14:19:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-03-20 at 22:30:22 Chen, Eunice Atf Chen, Eunice CDLI approved View
2014-03-20 at 21:09:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-03-20 at 21:04:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-01-27 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Peterson, Jeremiah; Tinney, Stephen J. CDLI approved View

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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. 035 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P356271.
CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 035 artifact entry (No. P356271). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P356271 (Original work published 2007)
CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 035 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P356271 (Accessed: May 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 9},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000754, ex. 035 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P356271},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P356271},
}


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