CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 043 (P500457)

Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 04567

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 5.01.01 Edubba A (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Witness

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. sza3# dub-ba szed nig2-[...] igi mu-un-na#-[...]
2'. dumu szum2-ma ki-dul# [...] dalla mu-[...]
3'. kasz x e-ne [...] {gesz}banszur [...]
4'. i3 du10-bi murgu# [...] a-gin7 ga-[...]
5'. tug2 ga-ni-un#-[...] har szu-na# [...]
6'. kasz x lu2 [...] {gesz}banszur mu#-[...]
7'. [...] du10-ga murgu# [...]-gin7# mi#-[...]
8'. [...] x NA AN [...] szu-na# [...]
  rest broken
reverse
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1'. [...]-na#-me la-ba-gil#-[...] szu-mu-sze3 mu-[...]
2'. nig2#-ba-a2-ka-a-diri# [...] nam-dugud mu#-[...]
3'. {d}nisaba nin-{d}[...]
4'. gi-du3-a-zu x [...]
5'. im-szu ab-ba-zu# [...]
6'. szesz-zu-u3-ne [...]
7'. du10-sa-zu-u3-ne [...]
8'. an-ta-gal2 dumu e2#-[...]
9'. e2 lugal x x [...]
10'. lu2-tur ad-da x [...]
11'. eme i-ri-DU-a [...]
12'. AN ad-da-zu inim#-[...]
13-14'. {d}nisaba nin-za [...] szud3 siskur2-siskur2-ra [...]
15'. um-mi-a nig2-ad-da#-[...]
16'. ur5-ra-am3 nam-x-[...]
17'. szu-nam-sa6-ga# [...]
18'. x-me-a2-asz lu2 [...]
19'. [...]
20'. [...]

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: OrNS 22 (pp. 190-193), 190 + pl. 37

    [Çig1953OrNS22] Kramer, Samuel N., Hatice Kızılyay, and Muazzez İlmiye Çığ. 1953. “Selected Sumerian Literary Texts: Final Report of a ‘Fulbright’ Research Year in the Istanbul Museum of the Ancient Orient.” Orientalia NS 22: 190–93.

  • history: ISET 2, 082, Ni 04567

    [Çig1976ISET2] Kramer, Samuel N., Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, and Hatice Kızılyay. 1976. Sumerian Literary Tablets and Fragments in the Archaeological Museum of Istanbul. Sumer Edebî Tablet ve Parçalari 2.

  • history: UMB 17/2 (1952) 013 fig. 3

    [sec131847] N.d.

  • citation: BiOr 17 (pp. 122-152), 142-143 n. 166

    [Gordon1960BiOr17] Gordon, Edmund I. 1960. “A New Look at the Wisdom of Sumer and Akkad.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 17 (3–4): 122–52.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-09 at 10:41:49 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-25 at 13:02:57 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-02-05 at 14:25:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-06-09 at 15:43:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2017-06-09 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000754 (Edubba A) composite (P464238) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000754, Ex. 043 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P500457.
CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 043 artifact entry (No. P500457). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P500457 (Original work published 2017)
CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 043 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P500457 (Accessed: December 14, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P500457},
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