CDLI Literary 000813, ex. 011 & 000827, ex. 004 (P231660)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 7918

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 6.01.21 Proverbs Collection 21 (w Proverbs coll. 21; Fowler and his wife; Side 1:5 lines, side 2:4 lines.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 5.06.09 Fowler and Wife (witness); ETCSL 6.01.21 Proverbs Collection 21 (w Proverbs coll. 21; Fowler and his wife; Side 1:5 lines, side 2:4 lines.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P231660
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P231660

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	N 7918
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations)	5.6.9
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations)	5.6.9
Penn Museum (Penn)	576592
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.7918
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P231660

References

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, N 7918

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-03 at 07:20:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 07:29:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000813, Ex. 011 & 000827, Ex. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231660.

CDLI Literary 000813, ex. 011 & 000827, ex. 004 artifact entry (No. P231660). (2024, September 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231660 (Original work published 2003)

CDLI Literary 000813, ex. 011 & 000827, ex. 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231660 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000813, Ex. 011 & 000827, Ex. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231660.

CDLI Literary 000813, ex. 011 & 000827, ex. 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231660 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 3},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000813, ex. 011 & 000827, ex. 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231660},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231660},
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