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

  • 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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Created Creator Authors Project Reviewer Status
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Földi, Zsombor; Jiménez, Enrique Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved
2021-09-12 at 12:44:38 Jagersma, Abraham H. Jagersma, Abraham H. CDLI approved
2019-08-31 at 11:18:27 Englund, Robert K. Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Veldhuis, Niek; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Englund, Robert K.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Guidi, Carlo; Peterson, Jeremiah; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved

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

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical Pigs (Archaic Pigs) composite (P471690) View the score
RIME 3/2.07.add06.01 composite (P517198) View the score
RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn composite (P518905) View the score
RIME 1.15.add046.01 composite (P519305) View the score
RIME 1.15.add047.01 composite (P519306) View the score
CDLI Seals 014108 (composite) (P519341) View the score
CDLI Seals 014109 (composite) (P519342) View the score
CDLI Seals 014110 (composite) (P519343) View the score
CDLI Seals 014111 (composite) (P519344) View the score
CDLI Seals 014112 (composite) (P519345) View the score
RIME 1.09.04.add22 composite (P519346) View the score

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Cite this Artifact

“BE 01/1, 033 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257577.

BE 01/1, 033 artifact entry (No. P257577). (2023, February 1). 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, 2023).

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  • month = {feb 1},
  • title = {BE 01/1, 033 artifact entry},
  • howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257577},
}

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