CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 074 (P279584)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 5138

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.01 Proverbs Collection 01 (witness) School; proverbs collection 1; 4x8 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: low right corner; rev blank; 2 cols
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  • Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.01 Proverbs Collection 01 (witness) School; proverbs collection 1; 4x8 lines)
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Alster Proverbs, coll. 1 p.5, pl.4

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

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  • Museum No.: N 5138
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2023-06-15 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
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000795, Ex. 074 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P279584.
CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 074 artifact entry (No. P279584). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P279584 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 074 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P279584 (Accessed: May 18, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P279584},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P279584},
}


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