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CDLI Literary 000563, ex. 002 (P356466)

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, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

Penn —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.02.02 Letter from Iddin-Dagan to Suen-illat about Troops (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. {disz}{d}suen-illat ra-bi [si2-ka3-tum-ma]
2. [u2-na]-du11
3. [...]
rest broken
reverse
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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.02.02 Letter from Iddin-Dagan to Suen-illat about Troops (witness))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: SLFN, 21, 3N-T918,410

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Penn —
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Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Excavation No: 3N-T0918,410
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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
2024-06-29 at 15:20:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-29 at 15:17:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2014-11-21 at 08:56:28	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-19 at 12:11:17	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2007-01-27 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Peterson, Jeremiah; Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (3.2.2) (3.2.2)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (3.2.2) (3.2.2)
Electronic Babylonian Library (3NT.918.410) (3NT.918.410)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P356466) (P356466)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000563 (Iddin-Dagan to Sin-illat) composite (P479854)	View the score

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000563, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P356466.

CDLI Literary 000563, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P356466). (2024, June 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P356466 (Original work published 2007)

CDLI Literary 000563, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P356466 (Accessed: February 19, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 29},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000563, ex. 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P356466},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P356466},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000563, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P356466.

CDLI Literary 000563, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P356466). (2024, June 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P356466 (Original work published 2007)

CDLI Literary 000563, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P356466 (Accessed: February 19, 2026).

@misc{2024CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 29},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000563, ex. 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P356466},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P356466},
}

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DA  - 2024/6/29/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P356466
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M1  - 2026/2/19/
TI  - CDLI Literary 000563, ex. 002 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P356466
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