CDLI Literary 000368, ex. 023 (P278130)

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

N 3069

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 1.08.02.02 Lugalbanda and Anzu (witness) Lugalbanda II; 21x16 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
1. musz nu-un-sul#-[...]
2. sza3-ba buru5-uz gud3# [...] nunuz-bi# [...]
3. [x]-da-ba muszen anzu#-[...]
4. gud3# im-ma#-[...]
5. [x x] {gisz}li# [...]
6. [...] mul-mul#-[...]
7. [...] u4# zal-le-[...]
8. anzu#{muszen#}-de3 {d#}[...]
9. [x] gi4#-bi-sze3 kur-ra# [...]
10. [...]{ku6#}-e {gisz}hu-ri2#-[...]
11. [x]-bi#-ta am-e kur#-[...]
12. [x]-e# kur-bi-sze3 [...]
13. [x]-banda3#{da} gal in-[...]
14. [...]-gi# dingir#-[...]
15. [x x]-ga-ba sag se3# [...]
16. [x x]-ze#-esz-ta#-[...]
17. [...]-gud3# amar anzu# [...]
18. [x x] {uzu}i3 bi2#-[...]
19. [x]-i3#-de2-a ka-[...]
20. [x]-bi# szem-bi-zid#-[...]
reverse
1. [x x] {gisz}erin babbar2 bi2-in#-[x x]
2. [x]-du#-li-a szu gur-gur-[...]
3. gud3# anzu{muszen#}-[...]
4. [x x]-ur2-ra nu-zu kur-ra-ka# [...]
5. [...]-e am kur-ra-ka gu2# [...]
6. [x] ti#-la szu-bi-sze3 i#-[x x]
7. [x] ug5#-ga gu2-ba [x x]
8. [...]-am3 ze2-bi [...]
9. [x x] 1(DISZ) am3-ma-da#-[x x]
10. anzu#{muszen}-de3 zag 1(DISZ) [...]
11. [x x] gud3#-bi-sze3 szeg11# [x x]
12. [x x] gud3-bi-ta [...]
13. [x x]-an#-ga-ma muszen-e gud3#-[...]
14. [x x] gud3#-bi-ta [...]
15. [x]-ne#-esz2 |U3.KI.GA| KA# [x x]
16. [x x] gud3-bi-ta [...]

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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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  • Condition Description: center only, right and left sides broken
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  • Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 1.08.02.02 Lugalbanda and Anzu (witness) Lugalbanda II; 21x16 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Wilcke, Claus, Lugalbandaepos (1969) 086 FF,

    [sec54022] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 3069
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-12-13 at 05:58:16 Wagensonner, Klaus Atf Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI approved View
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000368 (Lugalbanda and Anzu) composite (P469673) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000368, Ex. 023 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P278130.
CDLI Literary 000368, ex. 023 artifact entry (No. P278130). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P278130 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000368, ex. 023 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P278130 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000368, ex. 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P278130},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P278130},
}


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