CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 132 (P230545)
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
UM 29-15-436Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Obv: Unidentified proverb collection.; Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV); Identifications both uncertain. proverbs parallel CBS 6832 in Alster proverbs p.287.)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Obv: Unidentified proverb collection.; Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV); Identifications both uncertain. proverbs parallel CBS 6832 in Alster proverbs p.287.)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: JAOS 120 (pp. 383-399), 399
[Veldhuis2000JAOS120] Veldhuis, Niek. 2000. “Sumerian Proverbs in Their Curricular Context.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 120 (3): 383–99. https://www.proquest.com/docview/217145377/abstract/DB12912B30A647D6PQ/8.
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- Museum No.: UM 29-15-436
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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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| 2024-07-22 at 13:30:01 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | 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 metadata | 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 (6.1.2) (6.1.2)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (6.1.2) (6.1.2)
- Penn Museum (566149) (566149)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.29-15-436) (UM.29-15-436)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P230545) (P230545)
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Cite this Artifacts
“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 132 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P230545.
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 132 artifact entry (No. P230545). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P230545 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 132 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P230545 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).
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