CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 050 & Literary 000821, ex. 41 (P230902)
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
N 4047 + N 4846Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / 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); Obverse proverbs????? Rev. wild animals.)Language(s)
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1'. [...] a-[...]
2'. pesz2 igi gun3#
3'. pesz2 nig2-gilim-ma
4'. pesz2 nig2-gilim-gilim-ma
5'. pesz2 MA? sila3 gaz-gaz
6'. {d}nin-ka5(LUL)
7'. {d}nin-ka5(LUL)-masz-masz
8'. [...]-|KAxX|-na#
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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- 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); Obverse proverbs????? Rev. wild animals.)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: BPOA 9, 268 (N 4846)
[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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history: JAOS 120 (pp. 383-399), 398
[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.: N 4047 + N 4846
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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, 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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| 2023-06-01 at 15:26:27 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune | 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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| 2015-06-15 at 19:44:47 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2008-05-26 at 04:00:08 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | 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 (6.2.1)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (6.2.1)
- Penn Museum (574078)
- Penn Museum (574077)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.4047)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.4846)
- Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P230902)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P230902)
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Lexical 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite (P461397) | View the score |