CDLI Literary 000809, ex. 005 & 000813, ex. 007 & 000827, ex. 007 (P231655)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-15-667

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 5.06.09 Fowler and Wife (witness); ETCSL 6.01.16 Proverbs Collection 16 (w School exercise, obv Fowler and his wife; rev SP coll 21; 16x10x?x16 lines)

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Sumerian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 5.06.09 Fowler and Wife (witness); ETCSL 6.01.16 Proverbs Collection 16 (w School exercise, obv Fowler and his wife; rev SP coll 21; 16x10x?x16 lines)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: JCS 27, p. 230

    [Alster1975JCS27] Alster, Bendt. 1975. “Paradoxical Proverbs and Satire in Sumerian Literature.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 27 (4): 201–30. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359323.

  • history: ZA 82 (pp. 186-201), 187

    [Alster1992ZA82] Alster, Bendt. 1992. “Two Siumerian Short Tales Reconsidered.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 82: 186–201.

  • history: Alster Proverbs, 251, UM 29-15-667

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

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  • Museum No.: UM 29-15-667
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-03 at 07:20:41 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 07:32:18 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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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000809, Ex. 005 & 000813, Ex. 007 & 000827, Ex. 007 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231655.
CDLI Literary 000809, ex. 005 & 000813, ex. 007 & 000827, ex. 007 artifact entry (No. P231655). (2024, September 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231655 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000809, ex. 005 & 000813, ex. 007 & 000827, ex. 007 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231655 (Accessed: May 10, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231655},
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