CDLI Literary 000821, ex. 010 (P231672)

Mathematical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 05327

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.02.01 Proverbs from Nippur (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: Alster Proverbs, 296

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

  • history: ISET 2, 105, Ni 05327

    [Çig1976ISET2] Kramer, Samuel N., Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, and Hatice Kızılyay. 1976. Sumerian Literary Tablets and Fragments in the Archaeological Museum of Istanbul. Sumer Edebî Tablet ve Parçalari 2.

  • history: TMN, p. 348, Ist Ni 05327

    [Proust2007TMN] Proust, Christine. 2007. Tablettes Mathematiques de Nippur. Varia Anatolica 18. Istanbul : Institut français d’études anatoliennes Georges Dumézil.

    (proverbes collection 2)


  • history: table numerique)

    [sec34131] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: Ist Ni 05327
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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

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000821 (Proverbs from Nippur) composite (P481013) View the score

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000821, Ex. 010 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231672.
CDLI Literary 000821, ex. 010 artifact entry (No. P231672). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231672 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000821, ex. 010 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231672 (Accessed: November 23, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000821, ex. 010 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231672},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231672},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000821, Ex. 010 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231672.
CDLI Literary 000821, ex. 010 artifact entry (No. P231672). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231672 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000821, ex. 010 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231672 (Accessed: November 23, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000821, ex. 010 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231672},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231672},
}

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DA  - 2024/9/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P231672
LB  - CDLI:P231672
M1  - 2025/11/23/
TI  - CDLI Literary 000821, ex. 010 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P231672
ER  - 
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