CDLI Literary 000792, ex. 003 (P230717)

Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

OIM A— + UM 55-21-327

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 5.07.03 Axe of Nergal (witness) Axe for Nergal)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
1. nibru#{ki}-ta-[lu2]
2. [dumu] lugal-szuba dam#-[gar3-ra-ke4]
3. [{d}]nergal-ra#
4-5. {uruda}ha-zi-in an#-na# mu-na-ni-in-dim2
6. gesz-RU {gesz}ar-ga-nu-um hur-sag-ga2
7. a-lal3-e diri-ga#-am3
8. na4-bi an-ta-sur-ra-am3
9. gaba-ri nu-tuku-am3
10. he2-sag3-ge a2-ni na-an-kusz2-u3
11. he2-eb2-ta-hasz-e
12. ga-mu-na-silim
13. u2-gu# he2-ni#-ib-de2#-e#
14. ki-be2 [ga]-mu#-na-ab#-[gi4]
15. u4 ti#-la#-ga2# igi [hu-mu-un]-du8
reverse
1. u4# [ba-ug7-en kur-ra]
2. a si#-ga# [hu-mu-un-na8-na8]
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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 5.07.03 Axe of Nergal (witness) Axe for Nergal)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • citation: Fs Sachs (pp. 27-32), 027-032

    [Behrens1988FsSachs] Behrens, Hermann. 1988. In A Scientific Humanist : Studies in Memory of Abraham Sachs, 9:27–32. Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund.

  • citation: Wilcke, Claus, Lugalbanda (1969) 058, n. 210

    [sec33554] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: OIM A— + UM 55-21-327
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0436 ?
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    Nippur, TA 205 XI 1

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-16 at 13:45:59 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2014-10-16 at 13:09:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-10-07 at 07:38:35 Wagensonner, Klaus Atf Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000792 (Axe of Nergal) composite (P469958) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000792, Ex. 003 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230717.
CDLI Literary 000792, ex. 003 artifact entry (No. P230717). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230717 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000792, ex. 003 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230717 (Accessed: March 10, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000792, ex. 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230717},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230717},
}


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