CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 018 (P229709)

Mathematical 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

CBS 10972 + N 3877 + N 3920 + N 5820

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: Mathematical table or list; BBB = CBS 10972 + N 3920 + N 5820 + N 3877. Copy: S. Langdon, PBS 11/3, No. 27 (partial publication). Photograph: Gordon, Pl. 59. Obv. = 109- 126; rev. mathematical. (Alster). See NABU 1994/91 ()

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Sumerian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 2; Rev: Mathematical table or list; BBB = CBS 10972 + N 3920 + N 5820 + N 3877. Copy: S. Langdon, PBS 11/3, No. 27 (partial publication). Photograph: Gordon, Pl. 59. Obv. = 109- 126; rev. mathematical. (Alster). See NABU 1994/91 ()
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Alster Proverbs, 042

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

  • history: PBS 11/3, 027 (CBS 10972)

    [Chiera1919PBS11/3] Chiera, Edward. 1919. Lists of Personal Names from the Temple School of Nippur: Lists of Sumerian Personal Names. Publications of the Babylonian Section 11/3.

  • history: Gordon SP, 168 pl. 59 BBB

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 10972 + N 3877 + N 3920 + N 5820
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-02 at 07:29:31 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
2023-01-19 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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P229709 leadP229709 lead

Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 018 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229709.
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 018 artifact entry (No. P229709). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229709 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 018 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229709 (Accessed: May 19, 2025).
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	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000796, ex. 018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229709},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229709},
}


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