CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 042 (P231704)

Literary 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

N 5475

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.03 Proverbs Collection 03 (witness) Obv: Grammatical list; Rev: Not preserved; Identified as grammatical by Black. Uncertain. Improved transcription: 1' al-x-ga//2 KA x 2' ba-an-DU ba-an-[ 3' ha-ma-gub-be//2-e[n] 4' zi d.en-ki-k[e//4?] The column to the left in Sumerian too ( -zu; -TAR).Pro)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

32.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 10.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 32.0 high × 43.0 wide × 10.0 thick
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  • Genre(s): Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.03 Proverbs Collection 03 (witness) Obv: Grammatical list; Rev: Not preserved; Identified as grammatical by Black. Uncertain. Improved transcription: 1' al-x-ga//2 KA x 2' ba-an-DU ba-an-[ 3' ha-ma-gub-be//2-e[n] 4' zi d.en-ki-k[e//4?] The column to the left in Sumerian too ( -zu; -TAR).Pro)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: BPOA 9, 255

    [Peterson2011BPOA9] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2011. Sumerian Literary Fragments in the University Museum, Philadelphia. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 9. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 000797, Ex. 042 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P231704.
CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 042 artifact entry (No. P231704). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231704 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 042 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231704 (Accessed: May 7, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P231704},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231704},
}


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