CDLI Literary 000819, ex. 002 (P274264)

Wisdom or proverb tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 059344

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.27 Proverbs Collection 27 (witness) Proverbs coll.27)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

36.0 mm × 34.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 36.0 high × 34.0 wide
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
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  • history: CT 58, 67b

    [Alster1990CT58] Alster, Bendt, and Markham J. Geller. 1990. Sumerian Literary Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 58. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: Alster Proverbs, 282 C

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 059344
  • Accession No.: 1882-07-14, 3753

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
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2005-08-28 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000819, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P274264.
CDLI Literary 000819, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P274264). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P274264 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000819, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P274264 (Accessed: May 6, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P274264},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P274264},
}


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