CDLI Literary 000562, ex. 002 & 000563, ex. 008 & 000564, ex. 010 & 002338, ex. 007 (P230798)

Literary letter and letter-prayer 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

CBS 02231 + UM 29-15-384

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.02.01 Letter from Sin-tillati to Iddin-Dagan (witness); ETCSL 3.02.02 (w I Liebermann MSLF listed as model contracts: excerpts. Letter collection B.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1. ka-ku-la#-[tum{ki}-sze3 ba-ni-ku4]
2. tukum-bi# [lugal-mu] ugnim-ma# tusz#-u3-[bi ab-be2]
3. {kusz}a-ga2-la2 kesze2-da-bi szu he2-tak4#
4. tukum-bi lugal-ga2 ugnim-ma# nu-tusz-u3-bi ab-be2
5. he2-em-ma#-su8#-be2-esz
6. lugal-mu he2-in-zu
7. {disz}{d}suen-illat ra-bi#-si2#-ka3-tum-ma#
8. u3-na-a-du11
9. {d}i-din-{d}da-gan lugal-zu
10. na-ab-be2-a
11. kaskal-mu ni2-tuku sag gi4-a gu2-bi? min-a-bi
12. mu-da-ab-bal#-e
13. ka-ku-la-tum gaba#-x [x?]-da#-[zu-u3-ne]
reverse
1. u3# [id2 ba-al-e-de3 ba-gen]
2. tukum#-[bi lugal]-mu
3. NIM {gisz}pan# [{gisz}gag-pan]
4. {gisz}ma2 tur#-[tur szu-ku6-bi-sze3]
5. {kusz}a-ga2-[la2 kesze2-da-bi]
6. {gisz}tukul {gisz}[...]
7. [a2 me3]
8. nu-um-ta#-[e3]
9. ugnim#-[bi gu2 id2-amar-{d}suen-ka-ta]
10. szeg12# [ba-du3-e du-un-nu-um ba-ak-e u3 id2 al-ba-al-e]
11. u4 ti#-la#-ga2# igi hu-mu-[un-du8]
12. u4 ba#-ug7-e kur-ra-na# a [si-ga] hu-mu-un-na8-na8
13. kiszib mu sar ur-dun dam-gar3-ra
14. u2-gu ba-an-de2
15. inim# pu-uh2-ru-um-ma-ta
16. [nigir]-e# sila-sila-a si gu3 ba-ni-ri
17. lu2 na-me nig2 na-me ugu-a-na li-bi2-in-tuku
18. lu2-{d}suen#-na# szagina#
19. lugal-me-lam2 ensi2 saga
20. zu-zu um-mi#-a#
21. si-du3 dub#-sar
22. ad-lul agrig
23. ba-an-sa6#-[ge-en gala]
24. ul-li2-a ha-za-nu#-[um]
25. nigir lu2-inim-ma-ta?-bi?
26. szagina-mu-ne
27. u3-na-a-du11
28. igi {id2!}buranun-na
29. tum-ma-al{ki}-sze3 ba-ni-e3
30. u3 nag-ku mah# ugnim# im-ma-ak-[x?]
31. [x x x]

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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  • history: Ali letters, Sumerian letters.

    [Ali1964Letters] Ali, Fadhil A. 1964. “Sumerian Letters : Two Collections from the Old Babylonian Schools.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

  • history: PBS 5, 065 (CBS 02231)

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

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  • Museum No.: CBS 02231 + UM 29-15-384
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:12:03 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
2017-09-17 at 12:47:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Zólyomi, Gábor CDLI approved View
2014-11-21 at 08:56:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-10-14 at 11:14:53 Wagensonner, Klaus Atf Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI approved View
2011-10-07 at 07:38:40 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 000562 (Letter from Sin-tillati to Iddin-Dagan) composite (P473733) View the score

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CDLI Notes:

P230798 leadP230798 lead

Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000562, Ex. 002 & 000563, Ex. 008 & 000564, Ex. 010 & 002338, Ex. 007 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230798.
CDLI Literary 000562, ex. 002 & 000563, ex. 008 & 000564, ex. 010 & 002338, ex. 007 artifact entry (No. P230798). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230798 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000562, ex. 002 & 000563, ex. 008 & 000564, ex. 010 & 002338, ex. 007 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230798 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000562, ex. 002 & 000563, ex. 008 & 000564, ex. 010 & 002338, ex. 007 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230798},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230798},
}


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