CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 047 & 000808, ex. 006 (P231569)

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, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

Ist Ni 04210 + Ist Ni 04444a + Ist Ni 04444c + Ist Ni 04444e + Ist Ni 04444f + Ist Ni 04457 + Ist Ni 09644 + N 3172 + N 7271

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 6.01.03 Proverbs Collection 03 (witness); ETCSL 6.01.15 Proverbs Collectio Obv: Proverb collection 3; Rev: Proverb collection 3; 7x7 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.03 Proverbs Collection 03 (witness); ETCSL 6.01.15 Proverbs Collectio Obv: Proverb collection 3; Rev: Proverb collection 3; 7x7 lines)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: Alster Proverbs, 076 H

[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
history: Alster Proverbs, 222 A

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

: Falkowitz Proverbs Coll. 3, p. 142
history: ISET 2, 100-103, 120

[Çig1976ISET2] Kramer, Samuel N., Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, and Hatice Kızılyay. 1976. Sumerian Literary Tablets and Fragments in the Archaeological Museum of Istanbul. Sumer Edebî Tablet ve Parçalari 2.
history: BPOA 9, 250 (N 7271)

[Peterson2011BPOA9] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2011. Sumerian Literary Fragments in the University Museum, Philadelphia. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 9. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ist Ni 04210 + Ist Ni 04444a + Ist Ni 04444c + Ist Ni 04444e + Ist Ni 04444f + Ist Ni 04457 + Ist Ni 09644 + N 3172 + N 7271
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Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 07:29:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (6.1.3) (6.1.3)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (6.1.3) (6.1.3)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ist.Ni.4210) (Ist.Ni.4210)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.4210) (Ni.4210)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.4444.C) (Ni.4444.C)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.4444.E) (Ni.4444.E)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.4444.F) (Ni.4444.F)
Electronic Babylonian Library (N.3172) (N.3172)
Electronic Babylonian Library (N.7271) (N.7271)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P231569) (P231569)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000797, Ex. 047 & 000808, Ex. 006 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231569.

CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 047 & 000808, ex. 006 artifact entry (No. P231569). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231569 (Original work published 2003)

CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 047 & 000808, ex. 006 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231569 (Accessed: February 10, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231569},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231569},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000797, Ex. 047 & 000808, Ex. 006 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231569.

CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 047 & 000808, ex. 006 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231569 (Accessed: February 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000797, ex. 047 & 000808, ex. 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231569},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231569},
}

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