CDLI Literary 000367, ex. 036 (P279099)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 4237

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 1.08.02.01 Lugalbanda and Mountain Cave (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: center, obv 2 cols
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  • Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 1.08.02.01 Lugalbanda and Mountain Cave (witness))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Quadsem 18 (pp. 305-326), 325, no. 10

    [Michalowski1992Quadsem18] Michalowski, Piotr. 1992. “The Early Mesopotamian Incantation Tradition .” Quaderni Di Semantica, Quaderni di Semitistica, 18: 305–26.

  • history: Michalowski, Piotr, Fs Hallo (1993) 162

    [sec54217] N.d.

  • citation: NABU 2013/1, NABU 2013/001,

    [PetersonNABU2013/1] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2013. “A Catalog of Old Babylonian Sumerian Incantations and Rituals from Nippur in the University Museum, Philadelphia,” Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, .

    Fragment of a multicolumn tablet with only one side preserved. Incantation collective preserving a torch incantation, the so-called “Hymn to Kusu.” Edited by Michalowski Fs Hallo (1993) 153-154.

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  • Museum No.: N 4237
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-24 at 19:29:32 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-23 at 14:07:25 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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CDLI Literary 000367 (Lugalbanda and Mountain Cave) composite (P469672) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000367, Ex. 036 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 24, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P279099.
CDLI Literary 000367, ex. 036 artifact entry (No. P279099). (2024, June 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P279099 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000367, ex. 036 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P279099 (Accessed: March 28, 2025).
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