CDLI Literary 000559, ex. 009 (P270692)

Literary letter and letter-prayer tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Rare Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Rare Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, USA

Museum Number

RMC 063

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.01.19 Letter from Puzur-numushda to Ibbi-Sin (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [esz3-esz3]-a#-ne#-ne#-[a ...]
2'. alan-mu {gesz}szu-nir-mu en lu2-mah# [...]-ne
3'. ge6#-par2#-ra#-ne#-na#-a ga-ba#-durunx(|KU.KU|)#
4'. igi# {d}en#-lil2#-la2#?-sze3 e2-[kur]-ra
5'. igi {d}nanna e2-kisz-nu-gal2#-ta
6'. TUR-TUR-x-ga2 siskur2-bi he2#-eb-be2
7a'. u3# za#-e# lu2# giskim#-ti
7b'. ma-da#-ni# ga-[x-x?]-x-[...]
8'. i3#-si#-in#{ki}-na# bad3#-bi ga-am3-du3#
9'. i#-di#-il#-pa#-szu#-nu mu#-sze3# ga#-[an-sa4]
10'. bi2-in-du11-ga#-gin7#-nam#?
reverse
1. i3-si-in{ki}-na bad3#-bi# [...]
2. i-di-il-pa-szu-nu mu#-sze3 ga-am3#-[x]
3. nibru#{ki} ba-an#-dab5 en-nu-un-ga2#-[ni ...]
4. u3# nig2# du11#-ga#-ni# sanga# nibru#{ki} [...]
5. {[disz]}zi#-nu-um# ensi2# su#-bir4#{ki}-[a ...]
6. {[disz]}ha-ma-zi{ki} nam#-ra#-asz2# [...]
7. {[disz]}nu#-ur2#-a-hi# ensi2# esz3#-[nun-na{ki}]
8. [u3 {disz}]puzur4#-{d}tu-tu ensi2# bad3#-zi#-ab#-ba#[{ki}]
9. ki#-ni#-sze3# ba-an#-gur#-ru#-usz#
10. [za-pa]-ag2#-ga2-ni-ta ma-da gi#-sig#-gin7 i3-bur10-e
11. [{d}isz-bi]-{d}er3#-ra# igi erin2-na-sze3 i3-gen-gen#
12. [gu2] {i7}idigna# {i7}buranun {i7}ab2#-gal UD
13. [... {i7}me-{d}en]-lil2#-ra ba-an-dab5
14. [... ba-ni]-in#-ku4#
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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: CUSAS 15, 63

    [Gadotti2011CUSAS15] Gadotti, Alhena, and Marcel Sigrist. 2011. Cuneiform Texts in the Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 15. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • history: Michalowski CKU 23,

    [sec51367] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: RMC 063
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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
2020-04-23 at 13:33:03 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2005-04-18 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000559 (Letter from Puzur-numushda to Ibbi-Sin) composite (P473757) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000559, Ex. 009 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270692.
CDLI Literary 000559, ex. 009 artifact entry (No. P270692). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270692 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000559, ex. 009 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270692 (Accessed: April 27, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000559, ex. 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270692},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P270692},
}


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