CDLI Literary 000821, ex. 018 (P229733)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 6119

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 6.02.01 Proverbs from Nippur (witness) Obv: Unidentified proverb collection.; Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Alster: [Hh XIII] Obverse is clasified with 'minor proverb collections'.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
reverse
column 1
1. udu [...]
2. udu [...]
3. udu [...]
4. udu [...]
5. udu gesz-[...]
6. udu su3-[...]
7. udu ki-ba gar-[...]
8. udu gu2-bi gar?#-[...]
9. udu szum#-[...]
10. udu szu#-szum2#-[...]
11. udu szu#-du8#-[...]
12. udu szu sag#-[...]
13. udu# [...]
column 2
1. udu# kukku5
2. udu# su4-a
3. udu sig7-sig7
4. udu |KAxX|?-sza4
5. u8
6. [...]-SZA3
7. [...] szag4-|SZA3xTUR|
8. [...] u3-tu
9. [...] nu-u3-tu
10. u8 gesz3 <<nu>> zu-zu
11. [...] gesz3 nu-zu
12. [...] ib2 gig
13. [...] KA? an-sur

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: Fragment from the bottom left corner of a tablet whose obverse probably had two columns. Parts of the left and bottom edges are preserved. The reverse probably had three columns, two of which are preserved, of lexical lists, unidentified.
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  • Genre(s): Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.02.01 Proverbs from Nippur (witness) Obv: Unidentified proverb collection.; Rev: OB Hh3 (animals, uzu: Hh 13-15); Alster: [Hh XIII] Obverse is clasified with 'minor proverb collections'.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Alster Proverbs, 292, N 6119, pl. 102

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

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  • Museum No.: N 6119
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune 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
2008-05-26 at 03:18:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI 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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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000821, Ex. 018 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229733.
CDLI Literary 000821, ex. 018 artifact entry (No. P229733). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229733 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000821, ex. 018 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229733 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000821, ex. 018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P229733},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P229733},
}


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