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CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 007 (P231460)

Wisdom or proverb tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 04172 + Ist Ni 04173 + Ist Ni 04209 + Ist Ni 09769

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.01 Proverbs Collection 01 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 1; Rev: Proverb collection 1)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.01 Proverbs Collection 01 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 1; Rev: Proverb collection 1)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: Alster Proverbs, Coll. 1, p.3

[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
history: OrNS 22 (pp. 190-193), pl. 29-33

[Çig1953OrNS22] Kramer, Samuel N., Hatice Kızılyay, and Muazzez İlmiye Çığ. 1953. “Selected Sumerian Literary Texts: Final Report of a ‘Fulbright’ Research Year in the Istanbul Museum of the Ancient Orient.” Orientalia NS 22: 190–93.
history: Gordon SP, 031, pl.3-4 B

[Gordon1959SP] Gordon, Edmund I. 1959. Sumerian Proverbs : Glimpses of Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. Museum Monograph of the University Museum. University of Pennsylvania. University Museum.

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Museum No.: Ist Ni 04172 + Ist Ni 04173 + Ist Ni 04209 + Ist Ni 09769
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Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-09-02 at 07:29:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-25 at 13:02:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	approved

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“CDLI Literary 000795, Ex. 007 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231460.

CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 007 artifact entry (No. P231460). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231460 (Original work published 2003)

CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 007 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231460 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
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	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000795, ex. 007 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231460},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231460},
}

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“CDLI Literary 000795, Ex. 007 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231460.

CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 007 artifact entry (No. P231460). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231460 (Original work published 2003)

CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 007 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231460 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).

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}

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