CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 028 (P231572)

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

N 3229 + N 3247 + Ist Ni 04319 + UM 29-13-458 (+) N 3257

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) Obv: Proverb collection 3; Rev: Proverb collection 3; 7x6 lines)

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Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.03 Proverbs Collection 03 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 3; Rev: Proverb collection 3; 7x6 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Alster Proverbs, 076 K + L

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

    (erroneously given in Proverbs as N 3329)

  • history: ISET 1, 172 (pl. 114), Ni 04319

    [Çig1969ISET1] Kramer, Samuel N., Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, and Hatice Kızılyay. 1969. Sumerian Literary Tablets and Fragments in the Archaeological Museum of Istanbul. Sumer Edebî Tablet ve Parçalari 1.

  • history: Falkowitz diss., SP Coll 3, p. 142

    [Falkowitz1980diss] Falkowitz, Robert S. 1980. “Sumerian Rhetoric Collections.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

  • history: BPOA 9, 251 (N 3257)

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

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  • Museum No.: N 3229 + N 3247 + Ist Ni 04319 + UM 29-13-458 (+) N 3257
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-17 at 16:48:49 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-17 at 16:33:43 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 07:51:58 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity 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
2024-09-02 at 07:22:11 Firth, Richard Artifact 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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P231572 leadP231572 lead

Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000797, Ex. 028 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231572.
CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 028 artifact entry (No. P231572). (2024, September 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231572 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 028 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231572 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 17},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000797, ex. 028 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231572},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231572},
}


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