CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 135 (P230281)

Wisdom or proverb tablet 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 02148 + CBS 02190

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Unidentified: model text or proverb? Model contract miscellaneous acc. to Liebermann.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

69.0 mm × 71.0 mm × 32.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 69.0 high × 71.0 wide × 32.0 thick
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  • Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Unidentified: model text or proverb? Model contract miscellaneous acc. to Liebermann.)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: BPOA 9, 231

    [Peterson2011BPOA9] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2011. Sumerian Literary Fragments in the University Museum, Philadelphia. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 9. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 135 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P230281.
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 135 artifact entry (No. P230281). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230281 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 135 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230281 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).
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	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000796, ex. 135 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230281},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230281},
}


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