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CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 036 (P231605)

Wisdom or proverb tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 058467

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 6.01.05 Proverbs Collection 05 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 5; Rev: Not preserved)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • history: Alster Proverbs, 120 Y

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

  • history: JCS 12 (pp. 43-75), 061

    [Gordon1959JCS12[2]] Gordon, Edmund I. 1958. “Sumerian Animal Proverbs and Fables: ‘Collection Five’ (Conclusion).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 12 (2): 43–75. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359157.

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  • Museum No.: IM 058467
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0415
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2024-06-03 at 19:02:08 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
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 000799, Ex. 036 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231605.
CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 036 artifact entry (No. P231605). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231605 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 036 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231605 (Accessed: April 25, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000799, ex. 036 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231605},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231605},
}


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