Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain
Museum no.: MM 0478
Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum no.: YBC 04653
Provenience: —
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum no.: Ist Ni 01180
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum no.: Ist Ni 04339
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum no.: Ist —
Provenience: Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum no.: Ist Ni 01039
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum no.: Ist Ni 04005
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum no.: Ist Ni 04044
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Museum no.: HS 1530 + HS 1531 + HS 1532 + HS 1749b + HS 2610 + HS 2648a + b + HS 2665 + HS 2685
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Museum no.: HS 1577
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
1. [...]-bi# sipa# zi# kalam#-ma#
en: Its supreme farmer, the true shepherd of the land
2. [...]-ga# zi-de3-esz tu-da#
en: Born faithfully on a good day
3. engar# GAN2 dagal-la he2-du7-am3
en: The farmer is the ornament in the vast field
4. szi#-im-da-DU nindaba gal-gal-da
en: And therefore he comes(?) with many nindaba offerings
5. gesz-la2-bi nu-mu-un-DU e2-kur za-gin3-sze3
en: (And therefore?) silence has not set into the sparkling Ekur
6. {d}en-lil2 a2-dam ku3 ki-a hur-ra-za
en: Enlil, when you designed the pure settlement in the ground
7. nibru{ki} iri x ni2-za szi-im-mi-du3-du3-a
en: And therefore had Nibru ..., built in(?) your own city
8. ki-ur3 kur ki sikil su-a bi-du10-ga
en: (And) sweetened the flesh (of) the Ki'ur complex, the mountain, the pure place
9. ub-da 4(asz)-ba murub4-ba dur-an-ki ki ba-e-ni-tag#-ga#
en: (And) planted Duranki in the midst (of?) the 4 corners
10. 1(u) sahar-bi zi kalam-ma zi# kur#-kur-ra-[...]
en: Its soil(?), the life of the land and the life of the (other) lands
with 10 line tag
11. [...]-bi# ku3# husz#-a# usz8# [...]-gin3#-[...]
en: Its brickwork (consisting) of reddish gold(?) on(?) a foundation of lapis lazuli
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. szita ku3# me# [...]
en: Prayed to him (with?) the holy šita prayer/ritual arrangement and the holy me
2'. 1(u) kur-gal {d}en#-[...]
en: (10) Great Mountain Enlil, without you
with 10 line tag
3'. iri{ki} nu-du3# [...]
en: Cities would not be built, settlements would not be founded
4'. tur3 nu-du3# amasz#-[...]
en: The cattlepen would not be built, its sheepfold would not be accumulated(?)
5'. lugal nu-il2#-e# en nu#-u3#-tu#
en: The king would not be exalted, the lord/en priest(ess) would not be born
6'. lu2-mah eresz-dingir masz2-a nu-mu-un-dab5#-be2#
en: The lumah priest and erešdigir priestess would not be chosen by extispicy
7'. erin2-e szagina ugula nu-tuku-tuku
en: Among the troops neither general nor sargeant would possess (command over them)
8'. i7-de3 a-esztub{ku6} u5-bi nu-du-un-du-un
en: In the river/canal, the carp flood would not excavate the higher land
9'. egir-bi ab su3-a si# li-bi2-ib-sa2 kun# nu-mu-x-x
en: Its end would not function properly in the deep(?) sea, (its) “tail would not undulate” (i.e., leave a wake)
10'. ab#-e# erim3 dugud ni2-ba nu-mu-un-u3-tu
en: The sea would not have given birth to heavy (laden) treasure houses(?) by itself
11'. [...] engur#-ra-ke4 gesz-gi-a nunuz nu-mu-ni-ib2-nu2-nu2
en: The fish of the deep water would not have laid eggs in the reedbed
12'. [1(u) ... an]-na#-ke4 ki dagal-la gud3 la-ba-ni-ib2-us2-e#?
en: The bird of heaven would not found a nest in the broad earth
with 10 line tag
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. ezem# gal#-gal#-bi# ug3#-[...]
en: The people spend their time in abundance by means of great festivals
2'. [{d}]en-lil2 {d}urasz#-[...]
en: Enlil, your (earth goddess) Uraš/oval(?), exuding allure
3'. abzu# bara2 ku3-ga [...]
en: Your Abzu, greatly suited for the pure dais
4'. [...] sig itima{+ma} ku3 [...]
en: Your “deep moumtain,” the holy shrine, a place of relaxation
5'. e2#-kur e2 za-gin3 ki-tusz# [...]
en: Your Ekur, the lapis temple, supreme dwelling bearing an aura
6'. ni2# me-lam2-bi an#-[...]
en: Its aura touches heaven
7'. gissu#-bi kur-kur-ra sza#-mu#-un#-[...]
en: And therefore(?) its shade stretches over the lands
8'. musz3#?-bi an-sza3-ga-asz sza-mu-un#-[...]
en: And therefore(?) its sacred space(?) opens up towards the midst of heaven
9'. en#?-en-e-ne bara2-bara2-x-[...]
en: The lords and rulers
10'. nindaba# ku3-ga si mu-un-ne-eb-x-[...]
en: Brought the holy nindaba offerings there properly for (their benefit?)
11'. x siskur2-ra u3-gul mu-un-ne-ga2-ga2
en: And ... pray/beseech him with šud prayers(?) and siskur rites
12'. [{d}]en#-lil2 sipa <igi> zi bar-ra-zu
en: Enlil, your shepherd that you looked at faithfully
13'. [...] zi de2-a kalam#-ma# il2-la-zu
en: The one (you) called to faithfully, the one you elevated in the land
14'. [...] szu#-ni-sze3 [...] giri3#-ni-sze3
en: The land to his hand, the land to his feet
15'. [...]-ra#? ki su3-u4#-[...] mu#-un-na-ab-ga2-ga2
en: (You make?) the (most) distant place of the land(s) submit to him
16'. amagi#?-gin7 du7#-[...] nig2 ki-szar2-ra-ke4
en: Accumulated(?) like frost, that of the entire universe
17'. [...]-da#-ri#-a# gu2#-un dugud-da-bi x?
en: Its weighty mašdaria deliveries and tribute
18'. [...] x-GI
en: ...
19'. [...] x ki ab? am?
en: ...
reverse
1. [...]-du11# e2 nig2-gur11-ra-ke4
en: He brought in regularly into the treasury
2. [...] nindaba si bi2-in-sa2
en: He conveyed nindaba offerings into the supreme courtyard
3. [...] ma-sar-re-szi im-mi-in-tum3
en: He brought(?) them into the Ekur as heaps
4. [...] zi tesz2-ba# lu-a
en: Enlil, true shepherd of that which teems(?) together
5. [...] nig2-zi-gal2-la-kam
en: He is the herder and leader of living things
6. [...]-ni# pa e3-szi bi2-in-ak
en: He made his great princeship manifest(?)
7. [...]-ga# mu-ni-in-sig7
en: He made the pure crown and pectoral(?) verdant/beautiful(?) on (his body)
8. [...] bara2-ge si-a-na
en: In the Tumuhursag temple, where he resides on the dais
9. [...]-gin7# an-ne2 szi-gi16-ib
en: He shall lay across(?) heaven like a rainbow
10. [...]-ga#?-am3 ni2-ba mu-un-gen
en: He went by himself as a floating cloud
11. [...] im# ki-a uszumgal-bi-im
en: He is the only ruler(?) of heaven, he is the ušumgal creature of the earth
12. [...] dingir# mah#-bi-im#
en: He is the supreme god of the Anuna
rest broken
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum no.: Ashm 1924-2405
Provenience: Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Museum no.: NMC 10047
Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: Penn —
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: Penn —
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: Penn —
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: Penn —
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: Penn —
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum no.: IM 058420
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
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Collection: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum no.: OIM A30222
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
Primary Publication:
Collection: National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum no.: IM 058486
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: Penn —
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: Penn —
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000619
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: Penn —
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
