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CDLI Literary 000574, ex. 007 (P264390)

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 06971

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 3.03.02 Letter from Lugal-shu to a King (witness) Letter of Lugalmurub to a King (Let B 7); (Obv)3x(Rev)3 lines)

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Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [iri-ga2 sag-gin7 ku3 la-ba-ni-DU siki sag mu-sir2] ba-[la2]
2'. gu5#-li du10-sa zu-a kal-la-mu#
3'. [lu2 dili] gu7-u3#-gin7 [igi tur mu-un-gi7-i]-esz#
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. nin arhusz-a#-[mu e2-bi ba-kal] igi nu-[mu-un-szi-bar-re]
2'. [gesz] hul# [gurun nu-il2-la-gin7]

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)

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
Condition Description: center part, ruled
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Genre(s): Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.02 Letter from Lugal-shu to a King (witness) Letter of Lugalmurub to a King (Let B 7); (Obv)3x(Rev)3 lines)
Language(s): Sumerian

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Museum No.: CBS 06971
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Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2011-07-19 at 12:11:11	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	approved

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The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (3.3.2)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (3.3.2)
Penn Museum (581662)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.6971)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P264390)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000574 (Letter from Lugal-szu to a King) composite (P473737)	View the score

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“CDLI Literary 000574, Ex. 007 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P264390.

CDLI Literary 000574, ex. 007 artifact entry (No. P264390). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P264390 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000574, ex. 007 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P264390 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000574, ex. 007 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P264390},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P264390},
}

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“CDLI Literary 000574, Ex. 007 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P264390.

CDLI Literary 000574, ex. 007 artifact entry (No. P264390). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P264390 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000574, ex. 007 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P264390 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).

@misc{2023CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000574, ex. 007 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P264390},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P264390},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P264390
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M1  - 2024/4/20/
TI  - CDLI Literary 000574, ex. 007 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P264390
ER  -

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