CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 080 (P279825)
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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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
N 5754 + N 7672Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.01 Proverbs Collection 01 (witness) School; 5 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact Preservation: fragment
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- Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.01 Proverbs Collection 01 (witness) School; 5 lines)
- This text is a school text.
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: BPOA 9, 223
[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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history: JAOS 120 (pp. 383-399), 389 (N 7672)
[Veldhuis2000JAOS120] Veldhuis, Niek. 2000. “Sumerian Proverbs in Their Curricular Context.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 120 (3): 383–99. https://www.proquest.com/docview/217145377/abstract/DB12912B30A647D6PQ/8.
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- Museum No.: N 5754 + N 7672
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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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| 2024-07-22 at 13:30:01 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah | Penn Museum | 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 (6.1.1) (6.1.1)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (6.1.1) (6.1.1)
- Penn Museum (575232) (575232)
- Penn Museum (575231) (575231)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.5754) (N.5754)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.7672) (N.7672)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P279825) (P279825)
Cite this Artifact
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note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-30]},
year = {2024},
month = {jul 22},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000795, ex. 080 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P279825},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P279825},
}
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