CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 035 (P356451)

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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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 (ETCSL 5.06.01 Instructions of Shuruppak (witness) Instructions of Shuruppak)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Witness

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-ta#-bala#-[...]
2'. [...] egir#?-zu-sza-[...]
3'. [...] nam#-silig gu2-ga2-[...]
4'. [...]-e-ur11 uru4{ru} zi bulug-ga-am3
5'. [...]-du3 a-ug3-e sza-ra-eb-hul#-[...]
6'. [...]-bi2#-ib-la2-e KESZ2-da gal2-la-am3
7'. [...]-tum3 lu2-be sze-ba-e-dab5-be2
8'. [...]-mu-e-x-x
9'. [...] du8# na-an-ak uru2-bi sza-[...]
10'. [...] nam-bi2-DU-[...]
11'. [x]-de3# ki#-inim-bi x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-ra#-si-ga
2'. [...]-ra#? nam-mu-dagal?-NE
3'. [...] ni2#-zu nam-mu-usz2-e
4'. [...] mi-si-sahar-ra nam-[...]
5'. [...]-dab5# sag na-nam#
6'. [...] nam-mu#-[...]-bi2#-bar-[re]
7'. [...] nam-mu# [...]
8'. [...] nam#-[...]
9'. [...]
  rest 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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 5.06.01 Instructions of Shuruppak (witness) Instructions of Shuruppak)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Alster, Shuruppak, 026, pl. XI

    [Alster1974Shuruppak] Alster, Bendt. 1974. The Instructions of Suruppak : A Sumerian Proverb Collection.

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  • Museum No.: Penn —
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0917,397
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-11-26 at 17:00:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-10-10 at 07:44:42 Wagensonner, Klaus Atf Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI approved View
2007-01-27 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Peterson, Jeremiah; Tinney, Stephen J. CDLI approved View

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Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000782 (Instructions of Shuruppak) composite (P478969) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000782, Ex. 035 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P356451.
CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 035 artifact entry (No. P356451). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P356451 (Original work published 2007)
CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 035 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P356451 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000782, ex. 035 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P356451},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P356451},
}


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