CDLI Literary 000825, ex. 001 (P229653)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06565

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 6.02.05 Proverbs from unknown (witness) Obv: Unidentified proverb collection.; Rev: Nigga; Obv. 'proverbs', but not found in Alster's list. 1 a-na-gin//7-n[am] 2 nig//2 i//3-gu//7-a-mu 3 gub-ba-e-#e ------ Second proverb about a snake.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.02.05 Proverbs from unknown (witness) Obv: Unidentified proverb collection.; Rev: Nigga; Obv. 'proverbs', but not found in Alster's list. 1 a-na-gin//7-n[am] 2 nig//2 i//3-gu//7-a-mu 3 gub-ba-e-#e ------ Second proverb about a snake.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P229653
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P229653

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 06565
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations)	6.2.5
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations)	6.2.5
Penn Museum (Penn)	581299
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.6565
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P229653

References

history: Fs Westenholz (pp. 9-28), 020

[Alster2011FsWestenholz] Alster, Bendt. 2011. “Some New Sumerian Proverbs.” In Akkade Is King : A Collection of Papers by Friends and Colleagues Presented to Aage Westenholz on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday 15th of May 2009, 118:9–28. PIHANS. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Instituut Voor Het Nabije Oosten Te Leiden. Leiden : Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
history: OIP 11, p.15 (unpub. dup.)

[Chiera1929OIP11] Chiera, Edward. 1929. Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur. Vol. 11. Oriental Institute Publications. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/oip-11-cuneiform-series-volume-i-sumerian-lexical-texts-temple-school.
history: MSL 13, 094 L1

[Civil1971MSL13] Civil, Miguel, and Erica Reiner. 1971. Izi = Išātu, Ká-Gal = Abullu, and Níg-Ga = Makkūru. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 13.
history: JAOS 120 (pp. 383-399), 396

[Veldhuis2000JAOS120] Veldhuis, Niek. 2000. “Sumerian Proverbs in Their Curricular Context.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 120 (3): 383–99. https://www.proquest.com/docview/217145377/abstract/DB12912B30A647D6PQ/8.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-05 at 09:33:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-31 at 18:12:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-22 at 13:30:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-22 at 13:24:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000825, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229653.

CDLI Literary 000825, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P229653). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229653 (Original work published 2003)

CDLI Literary 000825, ex. 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229653 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000825, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229653.

CDLI Literary 000825, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P229653). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229653 (Original work published 2003)

CDLI Literary 000825, ex. 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229653 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229653},
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