CDLI Literary 000812, ex. 002 (P231653)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
UM 29-15-394Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.19 Proverbs Collection 19 (witness) Proverbs; SP Coll. 19; 7x18x23x19x7x18x23x2 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.19 Proverbs Collection 19 (witness) Proverbs; SP Coll. 19; 7x18x23x19x7x18x23x2 lines)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Alster Proverbs, 243
[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
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- Museum No.: UM 29-15-394
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:32:18 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:29:31 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Veldhuis, Niek | Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (6.1.19) (6.1.19)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (6.1.19) (6.1.19)
- Penn Museum (566114) (566114)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.29-15-394) (UM.29-15-394)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P231653) (P231653)
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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000812, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231653.
CDLI Literary 000812, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P231653). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231653 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000812, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231653 (Accessed: July 27, 2025).
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