CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 024 (P231466)
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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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 06859 + N 5756 + UM 29-16-026Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.01 Proverbs Collection 01 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 1; Rev: Proverb collection 1)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has fragments
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- This artifact is composed of fragments.
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- 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
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history: Alster Proverbs, Coll. 1 p.3
[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
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history: Gordon SP, 032, pl.8 I
[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.: CBS 06859 + N 5756 + UM 29-16-026
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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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| 2024-09-02 at 08:45:16 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:32:18 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:29:31 | 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 (6.1.1) (6.1.1)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (6.1.1) (6.1.1)
- Penn Museum (581875) (581875)
- Penn Museum (581876) (581876)
- Penn Museum (581877) (581877)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.6859) (CBS.6859)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.5756) (N.5756)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.29-16-26) (UM.29-16-26)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P231466) (P231466)
P231466 lead; Join noted by Gordon SP 032P231466 lead; Join noted by Gordon SP 032
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-02]},
year = {2024},
month = {sep 2},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000795, ex. 024 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P231466},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231466},
}
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