CDLI Literary 000399, ex. 009 & 000416, ex. 004 (P255492)

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

UM 29-13-556 + N 6717 + N 7012 + N 7027 + N 7040 (+) N 4258 + N 7107 (+) N 4264

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 2.04.02.05 Šulgi E (witness); ETCSL 2.04.02.24 Šulgi X (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
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1'. [ni2-te-ni-sze3 szer3] ba#?-szi-ni#-[ra]
2'. [...]
3'. [lugal-ra u3-mu]-un#-ra#
4'. a mu#-[na-tu17-a-gin7]
5'. [su-ba du5]-mu#-zi-ra a mu-[na-tu17-a]-gin7#
6'. [im da-gu10] szu tag-ge4 [du11-ga]-gin7#
7'. [u3 szembulug3-ga giri17-gu10 gun5-gun5-na]-gin7#
8'. [szembi2-zi] i3#-bi2-ga2 mi-[ni-mar-mar-ra-gin7]
9'. [szu na-ag2]-sa6#-ga-na-ka#
10'. ib2#-[ib2-gu10] mi-ni-dim2#-[dim2-ma3]-gin7#
11'. [u3-mu]-un# i3-nu2# ku3# {d}inanna-sze3!#
12'. [su]-ba# du5#-<mu>-zi-de3#
13'. ur2-ra ga [i3-du8-a-na]-gin7
14'. [x] IM a2 gi-rin-ga2 gi4?-in#-[tex(GUR8)-tex(GUR8)-na]-gin7#
15'. [x x] sag# kasz! sag-gin7#
16'. mu-usz# [mu-tag-ga]-gin7#
17'. [siki]-ur2#-gu10 ga2-an-suh3#-[suh3-a]-gin7#
18'. [siki]-pa#-gu10 a-ne in#-[da-an-du11-ga]-gin7#
19'. [gal4 ku3]-ga2# szu# [bi2-in-ma-ra-gin7]
20'. [...]
21'. [...]
22'. [...]-gin7#
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column 2
1. [du-du-e ba-ab-du7]-u3#
2. [bara2 mah-ha] sag il2-la-a [ba-ab-du7-me-en3]
3. [{gesz}gu]-za# za-gin3-na dur2 gar-ra#-[a ba-ab-du7-u3]
4. [sag]-zu# men gun3-a ba-ab-[du7-u3]
5. bar#-zu#-sze3 {tug2}suluhu su3-de3 ba-[ab-du7-u3]
6. [tug2 nam]-lugal#-la2-ka sag sza3 la2-a ba#-[ab-du7-u3]
7. mitum#-ma a2 il2-de3 ba#-[ab-du7-u3]
8. [{gesz}tukul]-la# du10 bad-bad-du ba#-[ab-du7-u3]
9. [ti su3 {gesz}]ban si sa2-e-de3 ba#-[ab-du7-u3]
10. {gesz}ilar# {kusz#}eb2-ur3-ra za3 kesz2#-[ra2-a ba-ab-du7-u3]
11. szu-zu-sze3# [gidri] ku3-ge ba#-ab#-[du7-u3]
12. giri3-zu-sze3 {kusz#}e-sir2 ku3-ge ba-[ab-du7-u3]
13. du10-tuku-me-en3 har-ra-an-na kas4 di-de3# ba#-[ab-du7-u3]
14. amar# za-gin3-na-gin7 gaba ku3-ga2 a-ne di-[de3 ba-ab-du7-u3]
15. sza3# ki-ag2-zu-u3 u4 he2-em-su3-ra2#-[e]
16. [an]-ne2# mi-ri-in-ak# na-da-ab-kur2-[re]
17. {d}[en]-lil2# lu2 nam tar-tar-re-de3 szu na#-[an-ni-ib-bala-e]
18. {d}[inanna]-ke4# mu10 mu-ni-in#-[du11]
19. sza3 hul2#-la# {d}nin#-e2#-gal#-ka# [zu]
20. masz2 ge6 umbin# ba-an-dub2#-bu-x
21. masz2 babbar2 a# ba-an-tu17-tu17#
22. am hur-sag-ga2 giri17#-[sze3] ba#-an-la2-la2#
23. e2 ninda2 mah# gu3# nun di-[dam]
24. szul# {d}utu#-u3# esz3 e2#-babbar2-ra mu-na-ni#-[ib2-ku4-ku4]
25. [szul {d}utu]-u3# sag-ki# zalag-ga#-ni# mu#-szi-ib2#-[zi-zi]
26. [szul-gi sipa zi] ki#-en#-[gi-ra nam mu-ni-ib2-tar-re]
27. [lugal ka gun3-gun3 igi sa6-sa6]
28. [ur]-sag# kal#-ga# x [pirig-sze3 tu-da]
29. sun2# tur nam-szul#-[ba gub-ba]
30. lipisz#-tuku ne-[ni-e nu-kesz2-ra2]
31. hur-sag gal-gal-la [giri3-ni gar]
32. ur#-sag kur-ra# [mu-ri-ri-ge-esz2]
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reverse
column 1
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1'. [...] x-zu-ra# [...]
2'. ka# [...] x mu ga2 [...]
3'. x [x]-e lal3-gin7 i3-nun# [...]
4'. [ur-sag]-me#-en# ki#-bala#-ta gen-na# x x x
5'. [lugal] en# inim szu12-da ra2#-zu-[ke4] sza3# mu-ni-pa3-pa3-de3#
6'. sipa# szul-gi en szu12-da# ra2-zu-[ke4 sza3] mu-ni-pa3-pa3-de3#
7'. lugal# [{d}en]-lil2#-le a2 szum2-ma a#-ba# mu-da#-ga2#-ga2#
8'. HI x-[zu]-u3# a-ba mu-da-ku4#-[ku4]
9'. HI x-[na-zu]-u3 a-ba ba#-ta-an#-e3#-[e3]
10'. x [x lu2] sza3#-zu-u3 mu-zu-a a2!-zu al nam#-me#
11'. [...] me3#-zu [al] i3#-bi2#-in-du11-ga#
12'. [a2] x [su3-su3-da-zu a-na]-x-a ba-ta-an-e3#-e3#
13'. [anzu{muszen}-gin7] gu3# dub2#-da#-zu#-ne# igi#-zu#-u3# a-ba# ba-DU
14'. [u4-gin7 szeg12 gi4-gi4]-da#-zu#-[ne]
15-16'. [kur gi bad-ra2 NE-da] hur#-sag gi-gin7 sag# im#-mi-[sag3-sag3]
16'. [kur-ra e2-bi-a] igi# mu#-ni#-[bar-bar]
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column 2
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1'. [iti u4-sakar me szu du7-du7-ga2 na-ba-an-kusz2-u3]-de3#-e#
2'. [{d}ezina2-gin7 mu-zu ka kalam-ma-ka ka kur-kur-ra-ka du10-ge-esz2 he2-eb]-gal2?
3'. [ku3 {d}nin-gal nin agrun-na-ke4 gesz {kusz}ummu3-da-gin7 ur2 hu-mu-ri2]-in#-tal2-tal2
4'. [{d}suen-e nam du10 mu-ni-in-tar{ar}]
5'. [e2-gal]-mah# [{d}nin-e2-gal-la]-kam [bara2 ku3-ga-a dur2 ba-a]-gar
6'. [{d}isztaran ki]-en#-gi-ra# sza3#-[ta nig2-nam] zu#-u3
7'. [di kalam-ma ki]-bi#-sze3 i3-ku5-re6
8'. [ga-esz8 sar kalam]-ma# ki-bi-sze3 i3-ba-re
9'. [a2-tuku] si#-ga sza-ga2-asz-sze3 la#-[ba-an-gur4]-e#
10'. ama# dumu#-ni-ir sa6-ga mu-na-[ab-be2]
11'. dumu# a-a-ni-ir nig2-gi-na mu-na-[ni-ib2-gi4-gi4]
12'. [ki]-en#-gi-re# he2#-gal2 mu-da#-[ab-si?]
13'. [uri5{ki}-e] giri17#-zal# [mu-da]-ab#-[su3]
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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 2.04.02.05 Šulgi E (witness); ETCSL 2.04.02.24 Šulgi X (witness))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: BPOA 9, 140 (N 3450)

    [Peterson2011BPOA9] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2011. Sumerian Literary Fragments in the University Museum, Philadelphia. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 9. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  • history: BPOA 9, 153-154 (N 7012, N 7027)

    [Peterson2011BPOA9] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2011. Sumerian Literary Fragments in the University Museum, Philadelphia. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 9. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  • history: Klein, Jacob, Three Shulgi Hymns (1981) 135 (UM 29-13-556),

    [sec47017] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 29-13-556 + N 6717 + N 7012 + N 7027 + N 7040 (+) N 4258 + N 7107 (+) N 4264
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-06-09 at 11:46:40 Englund, Robert K. atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-28 at 09:07:25 Englund, Robert K. atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-06-12 at 17:29:40 Englund, Robert K. atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000399 (Shulgi E) composite (P469700) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

P255492 leadP255492 lead

Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000399, Ex. 009 & 000416, Ex. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P255492.
CDLI Literary 000399, ex. 009 & 000416, ex. 004 artifact entry (No. P255492). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P255492 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000399, ex. 009 & 000416, ex. 004 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P255492 (Accessed: December 3, 2023).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2023-12-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000399, ex. 009 & 000416, ex. 004 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P255492},
}


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