RIME 1.01.08.01, ex. 01 (P257923)

Official or display 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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00474

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Sumerian Hymn, originally containing 259 lines"; 44x35 UE 2 lines")

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. {d}nin-tu ama kalam-ma nin e2-e dam gal {d}en-lil2-la2 nin ki-ag2-ga2-ni-ir
2. lugal-an-na-mu-un-du3 nita kal-ga
3. [u2]-a nibru{ki} lugal# adab{ki}-a-me-en
4. [lugal an] ub-da x? x? limmu2#-ba# x?-x?-[me]-en#
5. [...] x le#-um-ma# gur#-gur#-ru#-dam
6. [gu2 ug3 kur-kur]-ra#-ke4 mi#-ni-in#-gi-na
7. [ug3-e kur-kur-ra] u2-sal#-la mi-ni-in-nu2#-[a]
8. [e2 dingir gal-gal]-e-ne mu-un-du3-[a]
9. [ug3 ki-bi-sze3] mu-un#-gi4#-[a]
10. [nam-lugal ki-szar2-ra] mu-un#-[ak]-a#
11. [u4-ba] mi#-[gir-{d}en-lil2 ensi2 mar-ha-szi]{ki}
12. [{disz}{d}en-lil2]-iz#-zu [ensi2 ...]{ki}
13. [{disz}{d}szesz]-ke-e#!-el# [ensi2 ke-e-el]{ki}
14. [{disz}szu]-{d#}a-nu-um ensi2# ka2#-[gal]-la#{ki}
15. [{disz}...-e]-lum ensi2# am-da#-ma#{ki#}
16. [{disz}i]-bi2#-[ma-ma] ensi2# ar#-da#-ma#{ki#}
17. [{disz}nu-ur2]-szu-e#-li# ensi2 a-x-x{ki#}
18. [{disz}{d}iszkur]-szar-rum ensi2 na#?-[x]-x{ki}
19. [{disz}]ba-ad#-ga#-nu#-[um] ensi2# zi#?-x-[x]{ki}
20. [...]
21. [{disz}ri]-im-szu-nu# ensi2 [...]{ki#}
22. [{disz}a]-bi-ha-ni-isz#? ensi2# [...{ki}]
23. [{disz}x]-bi-ma-ra-ad#-[da] ensi2# [... x]{ki#}
24. [1(u) 3(disz)] ensi2#-me-esz mu-x-[...]
25. [x x] x UD x x x [...] x
26. [...] um [x] mu-il2#?
27. [...] x KI a2 x [x x] x x x x-esz-a
28. [...] x [...] x [x]-ge#?-esz-am3
29. [...] x x x x-NE
30. [...] x x-bi mu-NE
31. [...] x x x he2-bi2-du3
32. [...] he2#-em#-mi-de2?
33. [...]-em-x-x
34. [...] x-ni-ba-ba
35. [...] x gu-ti-um dagal-la-ke4?
36. [...] x x zu2-lum{ki} i-ni-dab5
37. [...] bi2-tusz
38. [...] x i-ni-dab5-dab5
39. [...] mu-un-da-bala-esz-am3
40. [...] su#-bir4{ki}-ke4-ne
41. [...]-gul-gul
42. [...]-dab5
43. [...] x
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column 2
1. [...]
2. x x? x [...]
3. dim2-ma x x [...]
4. x x ug3 x [...]
5. x mu-sa2 he2-bi2#-[...]
6. ki#? UN x [...]
7. x x [...]
8. x x ke4 x [...]
9. x x? nita kal-[ga ...]
10. mar-ha-szi{ki#} iri ki-ag2 x [...]
11. nim-nim{ki#} szem5 zabar-ra x [...]
12. sza3 mar-ha-szi{ki}-sze3# sza3 bar iri# [...]
13. iri?{ki?} sa6-ga {d}en-lil2-la2 [...]
14. x x x la? im#?-[...]
15. sza3 mar-ha-szi{ki} [...]
16. x ki-bi-sze3 [...]
17. a2-bi [...]
18. e2 gan2 kalam-ma e2 {d}en-lil2-la2 [...]
19. KA kalam-ma-mu-sze3 [...]
20. zi ug3-mu-sze3 [...]
21. [x]-babbar2 dumu ki-en-gi4 [...]
22. [x] mar-ha-szi{ki}-ta [...]
23. [x x] x [...]
24. [...]
25. KA# kalam?-[ma-mu-sze3 ...]
26. [kin]-bi# i3#-libir#-da# [...]
27. dingir#!-mah# inim ku3-ga-[ni-ta]
28. gesz-hur-bi u4 ul[...]
29. 1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 [...]
30. imin ka2-bi [...]
31. 1(disz)-am3 ka2-mah# [...]
32. sza3# {d}nin-tu# [...]
33. 2(disz)-kam-ma ka2#! [...]
34. ki#? DU-DU [...]
35. kun4-bi x [...]
36. sza3-bi#-[ta ...]
37. 3(disz)-kam#-[ma ...]
38. x [...]
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reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 1(disz) (n) sar [...]
2'. 7(disz) sar x [...]
3'. ki-tusz {d}nin-[tu?-ra? ...]
4'. sza3-ba murgu2 sahar [...]
5'. 7(disz) {gesz}ig {gesz}KA# [...]
6'. ul ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar du3-[a ...]
7'. iti u4 7(disz) u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam gal2 x x [...]
8'. 1(disz)-am3 {gesz}ig mah [...]
9'. ka2 mah-ta [...]
10'. 2(disz)-kam-ma {gesz}ig sag ku3 gal2 [...]
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11'. ka2 gu-la-ta [...]
12'. 3(disz)-kam-ma {gesz}ig u6-di gal [...]
13'. ka2 nam-tar-ra-ta [...]
14'. 4(disz) {gesz}ig gissu du10-ga [...]
15'. ka2 kar-zi-da kalam-ma-ta [...]
16'. 5(disz)-kam-ma {gesz}ig igi? lu2 gur3-ru [...]
17'. ka2 ka-asz-bar-ta [...]
18'. [6(disz)]-kam-ma {gesz}ig x-NE# gesz tuku [...]
19'. [ka2] x x x-ma#?-ta# [...]
20'. 7(disz)#-[kam-ma] {[gesz]}ig# me#-lam2 [...]
21'. ka2# [x] sag-ga2-ta [...]
22'. ub ka2#-bi-ta {gesz}ig {gesz}x [...]
23'. {gesz}sag-kul {gesz}suhub4-bi-ta x [...]
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24'. e2 u3-sumun x [...]
25'. u4 szeg12 tab-ba ku4-ra [...]
  blank space
26'. dingir-mah nin-mu sza3 e2 x [...]
27'. 7(disz) a-ra2 7(disz) gu4 niga udu niga siskur2 x [...]
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28'. igi {d}nin-tu-ra-sze3 [...]
29'. sukkal-mah kur {gesz}erin-na elam{ki} mar#-[ha-szi{ki} gu-ti-um{ki} su-bir4{ki} ...]
30'. mar-tu su-ti-um#{[ki]} [...]
31'. lu2 1(gesz2)-am3 [...]
32'. 1(gesz2) gu4 niga-am3 7(disz)#? [...]
33'. sza3 e2-nam-zu-sze3 x [...]
34'. zi-sza3-gal2-la x [...]
35'. u4 4(disz)#? [...]
36'. sza3 x [...]
37'. AN# [...]
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] mu#? [...]
2'. [...] lugal# adab{ki} [x x]
3'. [...] nam-lugal ak-a-me-en
4'. [...] 6(szar2) GAN2-am3
5'. [...] bi2#-dab5 ki-tusz i-bi2-si
6'. [...] KI-e bi2-sa2 u4 mi-ni-ib2-zal-zal-e
7'. [...] e2-esz2-dam ba-ra-bi2-in-gal2-la
8'. [...] 3(bur3) GAN2-am3
9'. [...] x za u2 giri17-zal ba-u3-nam
10'. [... kur] {gesz}erin-na elam{ki} mar-ha-szi{ki} gu-ti-um{ki}
11'. [...] x su-bir4{ki} mar-tu su-ti-um{ki} kur e2-an-na-bi
12'. [...]-da-ne-ne-a {gesz}gu-za ku3-sig17-ga i3-dur2-dur2-ru-ne-esz
13'. [... ku3]-sig17-ga szu-ne-ne-a i-ni-in-gal2
14'. [...] ku3-sig17-ga dub3-ne-ne-a i-ni-in-gal2
15'. [...] x-a-bi sza3 adab{ki} sza3 KA-mu-sze3 hu-mu#-ni-in-DU-a
16'. [...] igi-mu-sze3 hu-mu#-ni-in#-DU-a
17'. [...] gissu szar2-ra he2?-bi2-x
18'. [...] x-x-la [x x?] x-bi x-zal-zal-la#?
19'. [x] DU u4 ul du3-a-sze3
20'. [x {d}en]-lil2-la2 mu-un-zi-zi-a
21'. [...] x-la2-bi ga2-e a-gin7-nam lugal si-sa2-me-en
22'. [...] ki-szar2-ra u3 ma-da-bi mi-ni-in-gur-esz-am3
23'. [...] ma-tum#? x x adab{ki} u3 ma-da-bi iri-ni-sze3
24'. [...] mi-in-in-il2-il2
25'. [...] x nam-bi2-ib2-tur-re
26'. [...] x x nam-ba-ab-gul-gul-e
27'. [egir?]-bi ensi2 kur {gesz}erin-na elam{ki} mar-ha-szi{ki} gu-ti-um{ki} su-bir3{ki} mar-tu su-ti-um kur e2-an-na-bi-da
28'. gu4# udu! siskur2 ga2-ga2#-ra nu-ub-ku5-da
29'. sa2#-du11-bi ka-ka-na nu-ub-ku5-da
30'. dingir-mah nin e2-nam-zu-[ke4] nam#-ti-la# sag-e-esz rig7-ga
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colophon
31'. al-til
32'. szunigin 2(gesz2) 5(u) 9(disz) mu-bi-im
33'. iti# szeg12-a u4 3(u)-kam
34'. [mu] a-bi-e-szu-uh lugal-e alan#-[a]-ni# masz2 kadra

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
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  • primary: RIME 1, 01.08.01, ex. 01

    [Frayne2008RIME1] Frayne, Douglas R. 2008. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 1. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: PBS 5, 075

    [Poebel1914PBS5] Poebel, Arno. 1914. Historical and Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 5. University Museum, Pennsylvania.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 00474
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-10-10 at 10:46:56 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-06-15 at 07:54:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-12-30 at 18:36:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-12-21 at 13:15:25 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2014-01-06 at 18:40:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-01-06 at 18:38:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-01-01 at 12:27:36 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-18 at 17:33:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-03-17 at 08:04:26 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2013-03-17 at 08:01:53 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
RIME 1.01.08.01 composite (P450160) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RIME 1.01.08.01, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257923.
RIME 1.01.08.01, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P257923). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257923 (Original work published 2005)
RIME 1.01.08.01, ex. 01 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257923 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
@misc{2023RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {RIME 1.01.08.01, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257923},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257923},
}


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