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
Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
N 7577 + N 7578Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.02.01 Proverbs from Nippur (witness) Obv: Unidentified proverb collection.; Rev: Not preserved; 3 lines.)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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| Genre(s) | Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.02.01 Proverbs from Nippur (witness) Obv: Unidentified proverb collection.; Rev: Not preserved; 3 lines.) |
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| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) |
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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Composite Number | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000821 (Proverbs from Nippur) composite (P481013) | Q000821 | View the score |
| CDLI number | P231713 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P231713 |
| Provenience | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
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| Collection(s) |
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Museum Number | N 7577 + N 7578 |
| Accession Number |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations) | 6.2.1 |
| The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations) | 6.2.1 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | N.7577 |
| Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) | P231713 |
history: JAOS 120 (pp. 383-399), 399
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-22 at 13:30:01 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Veldhuis, Niek | Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
year = {2024},
month = {jul 22},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000821, ex. 035 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P231713},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P231713},
}
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