CDLI Literary 000604, ex. 002 (P356510)

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 3.03.32 Letter from Nabi-Enlil to Iterpisha (witness) Letter from Nabi-Enlil to Iterpisha)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.32 Letter from Nabi-Enlil to Iterpisha (witness) Letter from Nabi-Enlil to Iterpisha)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: NABU 2014/040

[Attinger2014NABU40] Attinger, Pascal. 2014. “Nabu-Enlil-Īterpīša (ANL 7).” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 40 (2).
history: SLFN, 23, 3N-T919,455

[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.
history: ZA 103 (2013) 154-161, 154-161

[Kleinerman2013ZA103] Kleinerman, Alexandra, and Alhena Gadotti. 2013. Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 103: 154–61.

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Museum No.: Penn —
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Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Excavation No: 3N-T0919,455
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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
2024-09-17 at 08:07:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-04 at 07:27:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
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 (3.3.32) (3.3.32)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (3.3.32) (3.3.32)
Electronic Babylonian Library (3NT.919.455) (3NT.919.455)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P356510) (P356510)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000604 (Letter from Nabi-Enlil to Iterpisha) composite (P473755)	View the score

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000604, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P356510.

CDLI Literary 000604, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P356510). (2024, September 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P356510 (Original work published 2007)

CDLI Literary 000604, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P356510 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P356510},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P356510},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000604, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P356510.

CDLI Literary 000604, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P356510). (2024, September 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P356510 (Original work published 2007)

CDLI Literary 000604, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P356510 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 17},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000604, ex. 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P356510},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P356510},
}

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M1  - 2026/3/19/
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