CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 004 (P229662)

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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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06893 + CBS 07082 + N 5409 + N 5639

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 6.01.05 Proverbs Collection 05 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 5; Rev: Nigga)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments

Text content

Genre(s) Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.05 Proverbs Collection 05 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 5; Rev: Nigga)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

P229662 leadP229662 lead

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P229662

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation Fragmented

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 06893 + CBS 07082 + N 5409 + N 5639
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations) 6.1.5
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations) 6.1.5
Penn Museum (Penn) 347460 + 581896 + 581897 + 581898
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.6893 + CBS.7082 + N.5409 + N.5639
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P229662

References

  • history: Alster Proverbs, 119

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

  • history: MSL 13, 094 Z1

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

  • history: JCS 12 (pp. 1-21), 007, pl. 3

    [Gordon1958JCS12] Gordon, Edmund I. 1958. “Sumerian Animal Proverbs and Fables: ‘Collection Five.’” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 12 (1): 1–21. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359579.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-05 at 09:33:17 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other 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
2024-06-03 at 18:58:25 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
2023-01-19 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
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 000799, Ex. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229662.
CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 004 artifact entry (No. P229662). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229662 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229662 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000799, Ex. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229662.
CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 004 artifact entry (No. P229662). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229662 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229662 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
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