CDLI Lexical 000040, ex. nn & Literary 000796, ex. 154 (P229072)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 19789

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 6; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Photographs: Pls. 46-47. Copy of reverse: E. Chiera, SLT 188. The left column = 37-44, 47. The right column is nearly completely erased, but enough of the first line)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  CBS 19789 = MSL 07:209 = V4 = SLT 188
tablet
  obverse Proverb Collection 6
reverse
column 1
1. kusz
2. {kusz}gu4
3. {kusz}udu
4. {kusz}gukkal(|LU.HUL2|)
5. {kusz}masz2
6. {kusz}ud5
7. {kusz}{munus#}[asz2-gar3]
8. {kusz}am
9. {kusz}am-si
10. {kusz}am-si kur-ra
11. {kusz}sumun2
12. {kusz}kir4(KA)
13. {kusz}dara3#
14. {kusz}[dara3-masz]
15. {kusz}[szeg8]
16. {kusz#}[szeg8 bar]
column 2
1. {kusz#}lu-lim
2. {kusz#}udu til
3. {kusz}masz#-da3
4. {kusz}amar masz-da3#
5. {kusz}ka5-a
6. {kusz#}ku5-da
7. [{kusz}]bar#{muszen}
8. {kusz}ur-mah
9. {kusz#}ur-nig
10. {kusz}ur-bar-ra
11. {kusz}ur-gi7
12. {kusz}ur-ki
13. {kusz}ur-dib#
14. {kusz}<ur>-szub5
15. {kusz}<ur>-szub5 ku5-da
column 3
1. [{kusz}]pesz2
2. [{kusz}]pesz2# {gesz#}gi#
3. {kusz#}pesz2 {gesz}gi-e ku2-a
4. {kusz}pesz2 a-szag4-ga
5. {kusz}pesz2# igi-gun3
6. {kusz}pesz2 nig2#-gilim#-[ma]
7. {kusz}pesz2# nig2#-gilim#
8. {kusz}pesz2# {dug}sila3 gaz-gaz
9. {kusz}{d}nin#-ka6#
10. [{kusz}{d}nin]-ka6 [masz-masz]
11. [{kusz}]la2#-la2
12. {kusz}har la2-la2
13. {kusz#}murub4 la2-la2
14. [{kusz}]a-ga2-la2
column 4
  4 lines broken
  2 line traces
3. [{kusz}du10]-gan# ku3
4. [{kusz}du10]-gan# ku3 an
5. [{kusz}du10]-gan# mun!
6. [{kusz}du10]-gan# naga#
  2 lines broken
9. [{kusz}du10-gan gi]-dub-ba
10. [{kusz}nig2]-na4
  2 lines broken
top
1. im-ru-x

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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  • Condition Description: Flat, completely square, school tablet. The lower left corner, and a small part of the upper right corner are missing. The obverse has two columns.
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  • Genre(s): Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 6; Rev: OB Hh2 (reed, vessels, clay, leather, metal: Hh 8-12); Photographs: Pls. 46-47. Copy of reverse: E. Chiera, SLT 188. The left column = 37-44, 47. The right column is nearly completely erased, but enough of the first line)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 19789
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-02 at 07:29:31 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-09 at 10:41:49 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2008-05-26 at 02:43:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite (P498270) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Lexical 000040, Ex. Nn & Literary 000796, Ex. 154 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229072.
CDLI Lexical 000040, ex. nn & Literary 000796, ex. 154 artifact entry (No. P229072). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229072 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Lexical 000040, ex. nn & Literary 000796, ex. 154 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229072 (Accessed: May 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {CDLI {Lexical} 000040, ex. nn & {Literary} 000796, ex. 154 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229072},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229072},
}


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