CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 056 (P278747)

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

N 3740

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 1.08.01.05 Gilgamesh and Huwawa A ('Decad no. 10') (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Witness

tablet
obverse
  n lines broken
1. [x x] igi# x# [x x]
2. [...]-ni# a-gi6 du7#-[x x]
3. [...] gisz#-gi bi2-gu7-a lu2 nu#-[...]
4. [...]-e kur-sze3 u5-a ge26-e [...]
5. [...] i3-ti-zu ga-na#-ab-du11 [...]
6. [x x] ba#-usz2-zu ga-na-ab-du11 [...]
7. [...]-ki#-du10 lu2 2(disz) nu-usz2-e {gisz}ma2#-[...]
8. [x x] tab#-ba lu2 nu-[x x]
9. [x x] a lu2 nu-[x x]
10. [x] gi#-sig-ga izi nu-te-en#-[x x]
11. [x]-e# ge26-e dah-ma-ab ge26-e za-e [...]-dah# a#-na-me lu2 ba-[x]
12. [x]-su#-a-ba ba-su#-[x x]
13. [...] x# x# [...]
reverse
1. {gisz}ma2 {gisz}ma2-zi-sza3-gal2-la-kam# da-sze3 [...]
2. ga2#-nam-ma ga-an-szi-re7-en-de3-en# igi# hu-mu-ni-ib-du8-ru-en-de3-en
3. tukum#-bi# im-szi-re7-en-de3-en
4. [x x]-gal2# ni2 i3-gal2 gi4-a
5. [...] umun i3-gal2 gi4-a
6. [...]-ma# ga-an-szi-re7-en-de3-en
7. [...] nu-te-a-ba
8. [...] erin#-na-ka-ni in-ga-an-dab5#
9. [...] igi usz2-a-ka
10. [...] sag nam-tag su3-ga-am3

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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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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: lower right corner
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  • Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 1.08.01.05 Gilgamesh and Huwawa A ('Decad no. 10') (witness))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Edzard, Dietz O., ZA 080 (1990) 173, N 3740,

    [sec54167] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: N 3740
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 Rattenborg, Rune artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2012-05-14 at 06:00:37 Wagensonner, Klaus atf Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI approved View
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000365 (Gilgamesh and Huwawa A) composite (P480190) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000365, Ex. 056 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P278747.
CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 056 artifact entry (No. P278747). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P278747 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 056 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P278747 (Accessed: October 2, 2023).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2023-10-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000365, ex. 056 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P278747},
}


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