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Tablet

Object Number:CBS2222
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Iraq
Nippur
Archaeology Area: Tablet Hill, E side of Shatt en-Nil
Locus: Tablet Hill
East side of Shatt en-Nil
Period: Old Babylonian Period
Date Made: 1900-1600 BCE
Early Date: -1900
Late Date: -1600
Section:Babylonian
Materials:Clay
Inscription Language:Sumerian Language
Length: 12.5 cm
Width: 6.4 cm
Depth: 2.2 cm
Credit Line:Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889
Other Number:P259273 - CDLI Number
B2222 - Old Museum Number
CBS 02222 + CBS 02279 - Other Number
CBS2279 - Associated Object Number

Description

CBS Register: fragment. Central part of a half-baked clay tablet. Samsu-iduna.

Literary text fragment. Lament for Sumer and Ur. (ETCSL 2.02.03, CDLI Composite: Q000380). See CDLI for line art (hand drawing of inscription). Joins with CBS2279.

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