CDLI Literary 000819, ex. 001 (P229353)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 4974

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical, Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.27 Proverbs Collection 27 (witness) Obv. Proverbs coll.27; Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV); Photographs: Pl. 96. Reverse: Nippur Forerunner to Hh 23-24. MSL 11, p. 111. (Alster).)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  N 4974
tablet
obverse
column 1
  1 line traces
  single ruling
2'. di#-bi-ri KA mu-ni-in-NE-esz
  single ruling
3'. lu2 e2-a-ne-ne u2-gu de2-a
4'. |E2xGAR|-bi an-gur-ru-usz
  single ruling
5'. gu7-u3-de3 al-du10
6'. gur-ru-da-bi al#-gig#
reverse
column 1
  9 lines broken
10. tu7 [...]
11. tu7 [...]
12. tu7 [...]
column 2
1. {kasz}[...]
2. {kasz}dida# [...]
3. {kasz}dida [...]
4. {kasz}dida [...]
5. kasz nag [lugal]
6. kasz [...]
7. kasz sag10#
8. kasz gen
9. uluszin3
10. uluszin3 mah
11. kasz u4 tab-ba
12. kasz u4 sal-la
13. kasz [...]
column 3
1. kasz szud3(|KAxX|)-de3
2. kasz e2-da-di
3. kasz szag4-ge gur7
4. kasz NAM
5. ku-usz
6. sa-hi-GA
7. agarin4
8. bappir2
9. bappir2 SI-A
10. bappir2 duru5
11. bappir2# pa3-pa3-ra2
12. bappir2# nu-pa3-ra2
13. [bappir2] u4# tab#-ba#

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical, Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.27 Proverbs Collection 27 (witness) Obv. Proverbs coll.27; Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV); Photographs: Pl. 96. Reverse: Nippur Forerunner to Hh 23-24. MSL 11, p. 111. (Alster).)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000043 (OB Nippur Ura 06) composite (P498273) Q000043 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P229353

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
Fragment from the lower left corner of a tablet that may have had three columns on the obverse and two on the reverse. Parts of the left and bottom edges with obv. i are preserved. The lower part of obv. is not inscribed.

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 4974
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations) 6.1.27
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations) 6.1.27
Penn Museum (Penn) 573560
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.4974
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P229353
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229353

References

  • history: Alster Proverbs, 282 B

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

  • history: MSL 11, 111 J

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-10 at 14:13:30 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-03-07 at 09:42:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-02 at 07:29:31 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2008-05-26 at 03:09:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000819, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229353.
CDLI Literary 000819, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P229353). (2025, March 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229353 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000819, ex. 001 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229353 (Accessed: April 20, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000819, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P229353.
CDLI Literary 000819, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P229353). (2025, March 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229353 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000819, ex. 001 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229353 (Accessed: April 20, 2026).
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	month = {mar 10},
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