BE 01/1, 033 (P257577)

Official or display mortar excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 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 00012

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Mortar

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Marble

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Royal inscription; dedication of a mortar to Inanna; 27 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

144.0 mm × 315.0 mm

Witness

object composite text
surface a
1. [...] nin an-ki-a
 en: For [...], lady of the universe,
2. nir#-gal2 dingir-re-e-ne
 en: the authoritative one among the gods
3. garza-bi mah-a
 en: whose rites are magnificent
4. an-ki-sze3 sag2 nu-di
 en: and cannot be disrupted in the universe
5. nin-a-ni-ir
 en: his lady—
6. nam-ti
 en: for the life of
7. bur-na-bu-ri-ia-asz
 en: Burnaburiaš,
8. lugal# babila2{ki}
 en: king of Babylon,
9. [lugal ki]-en-gi# ki uri
 en: king of Sumer and Akkad,
10. [{disz}{d}nin]-urta#?-na-di-in-szesz-szesz
 en: did Ninurta-nādin-aḫḫē,
11. [nu-esz3] den-lil2
 en: the nuʾeš(-priest) of Enlil,
12. [sza13]-dub#-ba-a nibru{ki}
 en: chief accountant of Nippur,
13. ARAD-da-na
 en: his servant,
14. sza3 GAN2 szuku-da-ni
 en: in his allocated field
15. gu2 {i7}KAL-{d}la-ta-ra-ak-ta
 en: reaching from the bank of KAL-Latarak canal
16. en-na {i7}{d}nanna-gu2-gal-sze3
 en: to the Nanna-gugal canal,
17. {i7}nanna-gu2-gal-ta
 en: and from the Nanna-gugal canal
18. en-na bad3-{d}en-lil2{ki}
 en: as far as Dūr-Enlil,
19. gu2 {i7}e-di-isz-tum-ke4
 en: on the bank of the Edisztum canal
20. us2-sa-du ki-sur-ra
 en: next to the borderland
21. GAN2 nibru{ki}-a
 en: of the fields of Nippur,
22. dug {na4}esi
 en: a diorite vessel
23. e2-hur-sag-kalam-ma-a
 en: of the E-ḫursag-kalama
24. e2 ki-ag2-ga2-na-ke4
 en: his beloved house,
25. gu2 {i7}KAL-{d}la-ta-ra-ak-sze3
 en: on the bank of KAL-Latarak canal,
26. a sikil szu tag-ga-sze3
 en: for a pure water ritual
27. im#-mi-in-gar
 en: place.

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Consult word list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Mortar Artifact type comments:

    mortar

  • Material: Metamorphic rock > Marble
  • Measurements (mm): 144.0 high × 315.0 wide
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  • Condition Description: rim 1/4 broken, diameter 128 mm
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  • Artifact comments:

    mortar


  • primary: BE 1/1, 033

    [Hilprecht1893BE1/1] Hilprecht, Hermann V. 1893. Old Babylonian Texts Chiefly from Nippur. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania: Series A Cuneiform Texts, vol. 1/1. Philadelphia.

  • history: PBS 15, p.32 n.1

    [Legrain1926PBS15] Legrain, Léon. 1926. Royal Inscriptions and Fragments from Nippur and Babylon. Publications of the Babylonian Section 15. University Museum, Pennsylvania.

  • history: Meissner, BAW 1 (=AS 1), p.10,

    [sec47396] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 00012
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Provenience Comments:

    Hilprecht (BE1/1, p. 49): "presumably from neighborhood of Babylon"

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

Composite Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 01/1, 033 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257577.
BE 01/1, 033 artifact entry (No. P257577). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257577 (Original work published 2005)
BE 01/1, 033 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257577 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	month = {jun 15},
	title = {BE 01/1, 033 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257577},
}

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