CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 016 (P229706)

Mathematical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 05376

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 2; Rev: Metrological table or list. Copy: S.N. Kramer, UMB 17/2 (1952), p. 12, fig. 2)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 2; Rev: Metrological table or list. Copy: S.N. Kramer, UMB 17/2 (1952), p. 12, fig. 2)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P229706
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P229706

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)	Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum Number	Ist Ni 05376
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations)	6.1.2
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations)	6.1.2
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Ni.5376
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P229706

References

history: Alster Proverbs, coll.2, p.41

[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
history: Gordon SP, 164 pl.76 AA, Ist Ni 05376

[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: TMN, p. 349, Ist Ni 05376

[Proust2007TMN] Proust, Christine. 2007. Tablettes Mathematiques de Nippur. Varia Anatolica 18. Istanbul : Institut français d’études anatoliennes Georges Dumézil.

(proverbes collection 2)
history: liste metrologique C)

[sec33204] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 07:29:31	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 000796, Ex. 016 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229706.

CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 016 artifact entry (No. P229706). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229706 (Original work published 2003)

CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 016 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229706 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 016 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229706.

CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 016 artifact entry (No. P229706). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229706 (Original work published 2003)

CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 016 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229706 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229706},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229706},
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