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NFT p. 180, AO 04153 (P315470)

Literary tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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AO 04153

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [an-e ...]
en: Heaven...
2. zu2#-musz ha-mu-ni-sig-sig
en: The toothworm(?) would come down.
3. ki-e SAL.KAB-na dalla ha-mu-ak-e
en: Earth would dazzle...
4. mu2-a an me:te-nam
en: She, growing, was fit for Heaven.
5. ki buru3 a sze3-ma-si
en: Earth's holes were filled with water.
column 2
1. an en nam-szul-le-esz2 al-gub
en: Lord Heaven was serving in a manly way.
2. an ki tesz2-ba sig4 an-gi4-gi4
en: Heaven and Earth were screaming together.
3. u4-ba en-ki nun-ki nu-sig7
en: Then, Enki and Nunki were not living.
4. {d}en-lil2 nu-ti
en: Enlil was not living.
5. {d}nin-lil2 nu-ti
en: Ninlil was not living.
column 3
1. u4-da# im-ma
en: At that time, in earlier times--
2. ul-[la] im-ma#
en: At that distant time, in earlier times--
3. u4 nu-zal
en: The day did not pass.
4. i3-ti nu-e3-e3
en: The moons did not come forth.
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Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Literary
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Rubio, CRAAI 56

[Rubio2013Time] “Time before Time.” 2013. In .
primary: NFT, 180, AO 04153

[Thureau-Dangin1910NFT] Cros, Gaston, and François Thureau-Dangin. 1910. Nouvelles Fouilles de Tello. Paris: Ernest Leroux.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 04153
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Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced: Lugalanda.00.00.00
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Accounting Period: 0

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Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-05-24 at 15:00:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-02-29 at 22:08:28	Özdemir, Barış	Atf	Rubio, Gonzalo	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2024-02-29 at 19:12:27	Özdemir, Barış	Atf	Özdemir, Barış; Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rubio, Gonzalo	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2006-03-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

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“NFT p. 180, AO 04153 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 24, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315470.

NFT p. 180, AO 04153 artifact entry (No. P315470). (2024, May 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315470 (Original work published 2006)

NFT p. 180, AO 04153 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315470 (Accessed: June 29, 2024).

@misc{2024NFT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-06-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 24},
	title = {NFT p. 180, {AO} 04153 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315470},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315470},
}

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“NFT p. 180, AO 04153 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 24, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315470.

NFT p. 180, AO 04153 artifact entry (No. P315470). (2024, May 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315470 (Original work published 2006)

NFT p. 180, AO 04153 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315470 (Accessed: June 29, 2024).

@misc{2024NFT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-06-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 24},
	title = {NFT p. 180, {AO} 04153 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315470},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315470},
}

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DA  - 2024/5/24/
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ID  - P315470
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ER  -

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