CDLI Literary 000801, ex. 010 (P346318)

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.08 Proverbs Collection 08 (witness) Proverbs Collection 8)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P346318
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P346318

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	U 17207.099
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations)	6.1.8
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations)	6.1.8
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P346318

References

history: Alster Proverbs, 166 coll.8

[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
history: UET 6, 0240

[Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 07:29:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2019-05-29 at 21:01:59	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	Approved
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000801, Ex. 010 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346318.

CDLI Literary 000801, ex. 010 artifact entry (No. P346318). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346318 (Original work published 2006)

CDLI Literary 000801, ex. 010 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346318 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000801, Ex. 010 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346318.

CDLI Literary 000801, ex. 010 artifact entry (No. P346318). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346318 (Original work published 2006)

CDLI Literary 000801, ex. 010 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346318 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).

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