CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 009 (P229303)

Lexical 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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 5084

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical, Literary, Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Obv: Mathematical table + PC 2; Rev: OB Hh5 (geographical names and stars: Hh XX-XXII); Obv. : mathematical table (i), proverbs(ii and iii; pupil's copy). Same type as CBS 14158+ and 14159+.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  N 5084 = Gordon Proverbs Plate 56
tablet
reverse
  columns left to right
column 1
1'. [tug2] aktum(|[A].SU|)#
2'. [tug2 aktum(|A.SU|)] sag10
3'. [tug2 tu]-ba-tum
4'. [tug2] tu#-ba-tum KU?-za
5'. [tug2] nig2-dara2
6'. [tug2] nig2 BAD
7'. [tug2] nig2 USZ
8'. [tug2] nig2-gur7
9'. [tug2] nig2-du8 GISZ-ga
10'. [tug2] nig2-ba
11'. [tug2] nig2-la2
12'. [tug2] bar-si
13'. [tug2] bar-si gal
14'. [tug2] bar-si husz-a
15'. [tug2] bar-si SZID?-ma
16'. [tug2] bar#-si szu du8-a
17'. [tug2] du8-a
18'. [tug2] du8#-a ib2-ba
19'. [tug2 bar]-si# du8-a

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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  • history: Alster Proverbs, 041

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

  • history: MSL 11, 093 F

    [Civil1974MSL11] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1974. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets XX-XXIV. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 11. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

  • history: Gordon SP, 167 pl.56 TT

    [Gordon1959SP] Gordon, Edmund I. 1959. Sumerian Proverbs : Glimpses of Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. Museum Monograph of the University Museum. University of Pennsylvania. University Museum.

  • history: MSL 10, 144 (G)

    [Landsberger1970MSL10] Reiner, Erica, and Benno Landsberger. 1970. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets XVI, XVII, XIX and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 10. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-10 at 14:16:38 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-07 at 09:42:23 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-02 at 09:21:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
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 03:07:21 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 000041 (OB Nippur Ura 04) composite (P498271) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 009 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229303.
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 009 artifact entry (No. P229303). (2025, March 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229303 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 009 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229303 (Accessed: May 22, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229303},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229303},
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