Wisdom or proverb tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Collection(s)
National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, IraqMuseum Number
IM —Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Proverbs coll.2)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Witness
| Genre(s) | Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Proverbs coll.2) |
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| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | |
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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Composite Number | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000796 (Proverbs: collection 2 + 6) composite (P603496) | Q000796 | View the score |
| CDLI number | P356783 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P356783 |
| Provenience | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
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| Written In | |
| Archive | |
| Excavation Number | 3N-T0634 |
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| Elevation |
| Collection(s) |
National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
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| Museum Number | IM — |
| Accession Number |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations) | 6.1.2 |
| The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations) | 6.1.2 |
| Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) | P356783 |
history: Alster Proverbs, 042
history: Gordon SP, 167 pl.58 ZZ
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-09-02 at 08:45:16 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:32:18 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:29:31 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2007-01-27 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Peterson, Jeremiah; Tinney, Stephen J. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-10]},
year = {2024},
month = {sep 2},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000796, ex. 075 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P356783},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P356783},
}
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