CDLI Lexical 000040, ex. nn & Literary 000796, ex. 155 (P229077)

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 11335 + unn(5)

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. 42-43. Copy: E. Chiera, SLT 189. Large, orginally apparently nearly square. The obverse has a left inscribed column = 43-46 + a line that does not c)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  CBS 11335 = MSL 07: 210 = V15 = SLT 189 = Gordon Bi. Or. 17, 126
tablet
  obverse Proverb Collection 6
reverse
column 1
  n lines missing
1. {kusz}[ka du10]
2. {kusz}[tun3]
3. {kusz}tun3 szu#-[i]
4. {kusz}tun3 muhaldim
5. {kusz}tun3 a-zu
6. {kusz#}tun3 gi-dub-ba
7. [{kusz}]suhub2(|3xAN|)#
8. [{kusz}]suhub2 munus-[e-ne]
  rest of column broken
column 2
  n lines missing
  1 line traces
2. [{kusz}e]-sir2# du8
3. {kusz}e-sir2 e-pa-na
4. [{kusz}]ma-ri2-nu-um
5. [{kusz}]ga-rig2
6. {kusz#}bar-ansze
7. {kusz}za3#-[bar]
8. {kusz}[ib2-la2]
9. {kusz}[ib2-la2 su4-a]
10. {kusz}[ib2-la2 gun3-a]
11. {kusz}da-[lu-usz2]
12. {kusz}e2 da#-[lu-usz2]
13. {kusz}[dabaszin]
column 3
1. [{kusz}e2 dabaszin]
2. [{kusz}hu-lu-lu-um]
3. [{kusz}e2 hu-lu-lu-um]
4. [{kusz}ka-ba-bu-um]
5. {kusz}e2 ka-ba-bu-um
6. {kusz}ka-tab ansze
7. {kusz}gu2-tab ansze
8. {kusz#}igi-<tab> ansze
9. {kusz}kir4-<tab> ansze
10. {kusz}usan3
11. {kusz}usan3-la2
12. {kusz}KA usan3
13. {kusz}ama usan3
14. [{kusz}]hesz5(|LU2xGAN2@t|) de6(DU)
column 4
  1-2 lines broken
1. [{kusz}bar-e11]-de3#
2. [{kusz}]da-ba
3. [{kusz}]a2-si
4. [{kusz}]ub
5. [kusz] arinax(|[I].LU2@s.NA#|)# ku2#-[a]
6. [kusz] arinax(|[I].LU2@s.NA|)# [nu]-ku2-a
7. [kusz] al#-<hi>-a
8. [kusz nu-al-hi]-a
9. [{kusz}siki mu2]-a
  rest of column broken

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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  • 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. 42-43. Copy: E. Chiera, SLT 189. Large, orginally apparently nearly square. The obverse has a left inscribed column = 43-46 + a line that does not c)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 11335 + unn(5)
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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 02:44:47 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. 155 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229077.
CDLI Lexical 000040, ex. nn & Literary 000796, ex. 155 artifact entry (No. P229077). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229077 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Lexical 000040, ex. nn & Literary 000796, ex. 155 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229077 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {CDLI {Lexical} 000040, ex. nn & {Literary} 000796, ex. 155 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229077},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229077},
}


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