CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 017 (P229737)
Mathematical tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 08065Provenience
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ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.03 Proverbs Collection 03 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 3; Rev: Metrological table or list; Photographs: Pl. 35. Obv. = 178, 175, 174, 179; rev. metrological.)Language(s)
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Condition Description: The left edge is preserved. The obverse had at least two columns, of which the right is uninscribed, or completely erased.
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- Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.03 Proverbs Collection 03 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 3; Rev: Metrological table or list; Photographs: Pl. 35. Obv. = 178, 175, 174, 179; rev. metrological.)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Alster Proverbs, 077 KK
[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
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- Museum No.: CBS 08065
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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 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 (6.1.3) (6.1.3)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (6.1.3) (6.1.3)
- Penn Museum (582801) (582801)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.8065) (CBS.8065)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P229737) (P229737)
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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000797, Ex. 017 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P229737.
CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 017 artifact entry (No. P229737). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P229737 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 017 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P229737 (Accessed: August 3, 2025).
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