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 5860 + N 5877 + N 5883Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has fragments Witness
| Genre(s) | Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.02.01 Proverbs from Nippur (witness)) |
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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 |
| Provenience | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
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| Collection(s) |
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Museum Number | N 5860 + N 5877 + N 5883 |
| 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 |
| Penn Museum (Penn) | 575243 + 575244 + 575242 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | N.5860 + N.5877 + N.5883 |
| Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) | P279885 |
history: Peterson, Jeremiah, NABU 2013/070
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | 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 metadata | Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah | Penn Museum | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2023CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
year = {2023},
month = {jun 15},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000821, ex. 037 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P279885},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P279885},
}
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