CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 067 (P229725)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
N 5230 + N 5839Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.01 Proverbs Collection 01 (witness) Obv. i unidentified, perhaps from a lexical list. Rev. Proverb collection 1 = 18-20. The bottom edge is preserved. The reverse seems to have had one column, but the obverse two. Of these the right one seems has been erased completely except for the remai)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has fragments
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- This artifact is composed of fragments.
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- Genre(s): Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.01 Proverbs Collection 01 (witness) Obv. i unidentified, perhaps from a lexical list. Rev. Proverb collection 1 = 18-20. The bottom edge is preserved. The reverse seems to have had one column, but the obverse two. Of these the right one seems has been erased completely except for the remai)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Alster Proverbs, coll. 1 p.5, pl.6
[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
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history: Gordon SP, 032, pl.9 L (N 5839)
[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.: N 5230 + N 5839
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-09-02 at 08:45:16 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:32:18 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:29:31 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Veldhuis, Niek | Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (6.1.1)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (6.1.1)
- Penn Museum (575197)
- Penn Museum (575196)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.5230)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.5839)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P229725)
Alster (Proverbs p.3) notes N 5839 is probably same tablet as CBS 08044Alster (Proverbs p.3) notes N 5839 is probably same tablet as CBS 08044