CDLI Literary 000804, ex. 001 (P231632)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04567 + CBS 07831 + CBS 14176 + CBS 14222

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 6.01.11 Proverbs Collection 11 (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has fragments

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • history: Alster Proverbs, 190, CBS 04567+

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

  • history: PBS 12, 29

    [Langdon1917PBS12] Langdon, Stephen H. 1917. Sumerian Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 12. University Museum, Philadelphia.

  • history: PBS 13, 50 (CBS 14176)

    [Legrain1922PBS13] Legrain, Léon. 1922. Historical Fragments. Publications of the Babylonian Section 13. University Museum, Pennsylvania. http://www.etana.org/sites/default/files/coretexts/14913.pdf.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 04567 + CBS 07831 + CBS 14176 + CBS 14222
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
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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P231632 leadP231632 lead

Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000804, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231632.
CDLI Literary 000804, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P231632). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231632 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000804, ex. 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231632 (Accessed: May 21, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000804, ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231632},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231632},
}


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