CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 148 (P231389)
Wisdom or proverb 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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
N 3727Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Proverbs SP2.41 & 2.54,)Language(s)
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Proverbs SP2.41 & 2.54,)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: JAOS 120 (pp. 383-399), 391
[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 3727
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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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| 2023-01-19 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 (6.1.2) (6.1.2)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (6.1.2) (6.1.2)
- Penn Museum (572255) (572255)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.3727) (N.3727)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P231389) (P231389)
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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 148 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231389.
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 148 artifact entry (No. P231389). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231389 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 148 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231389 (Accessed: December 19, 2025).
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