CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 100 (P229440)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 5177

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 2; Rev: P-Ea; Photographs: Pl. 8. Obv. = 63-69. Rev. lexical. Proto-Ea. MSL 14, 022. (Alster). Acc. to MSL Ea is obv(?).)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 2; Rev: P-Ea; Photographs: Pl. 8. Obv. = 63-69. Rev. lexical. Proto-Ea. MSL 14, 022. (Alster). Acc. to MSL Ea is obv(?).)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P229440
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P229440

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	Upper left corner. The tablet had at least two columns.

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	N 5177
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations)	6.1.2
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations)	6.1.2
Penn Museum (Penn)	573726
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.5177
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P229440
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P229440

References

history: Alster Proverbs, 043

[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
history: MSL 14, 022 Ex

[Civil1979MSL14] Civil, Miguel. 1979. Ea A = Naqu, Aa A = Naqu, with Their Forerunners and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 14.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 07:29:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 100 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229440.

CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 100 artifact entry (No. P229440). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229440 (Original work published 2003)

CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 100 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229440 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 100 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229440.

CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 100 artifact entry (No. P229440). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229440 (Original work published 2003)

CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 100 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229440 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229440},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229440},
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