CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 059 (P231537)

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, USA

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-021

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 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) literary; SP Coll 2; 2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

97.0 mm × 97.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 97.0 high × 97.0 wide
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  • Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) literary; SP Coll 2; 2 lines)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Alster Proverbs, 042

    [Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.

  • history: AfO 29/30 (pp. 18-45), 037

    [Falkowitz1983AfO29/30] Falkowitz, Robert S. 1983-1984. “Round Old Babylonian School Tablets from Nippur.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 29/30: 18–45.

  • history: Gordon SP, 169 pl.69 QQQ

    [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.

  • history: field neg. 738

    [sec33876] N.d.

  • history: UM neg 69103

    [sec33877] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-021
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 2N-T0122
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-12 at 10:16:50 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-02 at 07:29:31 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 08:05:08 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-07 at 13:50:48 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-05 at 18:26:58 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 059 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231537.
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 059 artifact entry (No. P231537). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231537 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 059 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231537 (Accessed: July 28, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231537},
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 059 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231537.
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 059 artifact entry (No. P231537). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231537 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 059 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231537 (Accessed: July 28, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231537},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231537},
}


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