CDLI Lexical 000050, ex. nn & Literary 000796, ex. 160 (P229560)

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

N 4867

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 coll.2; unidentified; Rev: P-Izi 1)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

60.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 32.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 60.0 high × 45.0 wide × 32.0 thick
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  • history: MSL 13, 014 W

    [Civil1971MSL13] Civil, Miguel, and Erica Reiner. 1971. Izi = Išātu, Ká-Gal = Abullu, and Níg-Ga = Makkūru. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 13.

  • history: BPOA 9, 242

    [Peterson2011BPOA9] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2011. Sumerian Literary Fragments in the University Museum, Philadelphia. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 9. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-05 at 09:33:17 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
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Lexical 000050, Ex. Nn & Literary 000796, Ex. 160 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229560.
CDLI Lexical 000050, ex. nn & Literary 000796, ex. 160 artifact entry (No. P229560). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229560 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Lexical 000050, ex. nn & Literary 000796, ex. 160 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229560 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229560},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229560},
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