Proverbs 305, IM 58697 (P231690)

Tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 058697

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	School text
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P231690
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P231690

Physical information

lentil

Artifact type	Tablet lentil
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	3N-T0773
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number	IM 058697
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P231690

References

primary: Alster Proverbs, 305, IM 58697

[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
history: AfO 29/30 (pp. 18-45), 042

[Falkowitz1983AfO29/30] Falkowitz, Robert S. 1983-1984. “Round Old Babylonian School Tablets from Nippur.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 29/30: 18–45.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-12 at 10:16:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 08:33:31	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
2024-07-08 at 08:05:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-07 at 13:50:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-05 at 18:26:58	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
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Proverbs 305, IM 58697 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231690.

Proverbs 305, IM 58697 artifact entry (No. P231690). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231690 (Original work published 2003)

Proverbs 305, IM 58697 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231690 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Proverbs 305, IM 58697 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P231690.

Proverbs 305, IM 58697 artifact entry (No. P231690). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231690 (Original work published 2003)

Proverbs 305, IM 58697 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231690 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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