CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 150 (P231720)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 08031Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) SP 2.1 lines 5/6)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) SP 2.1 lines 5/6)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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- Museum No.: CBS 08031
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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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 | Artifact metadata | Veldhuis, Niek | Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (6.1.2) (6.1.2)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (6.1.2) (6.1.2)
- Penn Museum (582771) (582771)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.8031) (CBS.8031)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P231720) (P231720)
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Cite this Artifacts
“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 150 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P231720.
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 150 artifact entry (No. P231720). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P231720 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 150 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P231720 (Accessed: February 4, 2026).
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