CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 111 (P230522)

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

UM 29-15-343

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 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 2; Rev: OB Hh1 (gi_: Hh 3-7); Obv. SP 2.152-153. Rev. gi#.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

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column 1
1. gesz si#-[...]
2. gesz ansze#-[...]
3. gesz dim-[...]
column 2
1. gesz kab#-bar#
2. gesz gigir
3. gesz e2-gigir#
4. [...] gigir#
5. [...] gigir#
column 3
1. [...] gag-sal4#
2. [...] za-ra-gag-sal4
3. gesz umbin-gag-sal4
4. gesz# szid#-du10-gar-ra
5. gesz# szid#-du10-bar-ra
6. gesz szid#-du10#-[...]-sza3#-ga
7. gesz mar-gid2-da

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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  • Museum No.: UM 29-15-343
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-22 at 13:30:01 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 15:26:27 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 03:48:32 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

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite (P498269) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 111 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230522.
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 111 artifact entry (No. P230522). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230522 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 111 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230522 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).
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	month = {jul 22},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000796, ex. 111 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P230522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P230522},
}

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