BWL pl. 66 BM 038283 (+) BM 038554b (P357175)

Wisdom or proverb tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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British Museum, London, UK

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BM 038283 (+) BM 038554b

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Wisdom or proverb (Proverbs)

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BWL, pl. 66 BM 038283

    [Lambert1960BWL] Lambert, Wilfred G. 1960. Babylonian Wisdom Literature. Oxford : Clarendon Press.

  • history: Alster Proverbs, 231

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

  • history: MC 24, 296

    [Lambert2019MC24] Lambert, Wilfred G. 2019. Cuneiform Texts from the Folios of W.G. Lambert. Edited by Andrew R. George. Mesopotamian Civilizations 24. University Park, PA : Eisenbrauns.

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  • Museum No.: BM 038283 (+) BM 038554b
  • Accession No.: 1880-11-12, 0165 (+) 1880-11-12, 0438b

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-15 at 10:17:23 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2024-07-14 at 14:06:53 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2007-01-29 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Tinney, Stephen J. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BWL Pl. 66 BM 038283 (+) BM 038554b Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P357175.
BWL pl. 66 BM 038283 (+) BM 038554b artifact entry (No. P357175). (2025, May 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P357175 (Original work published 2007)
BWL pl. 66 BM 038283 (+) BM 038554b artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P357175 (Accessed: July 12, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-12]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 15},
	title = {BWL pl. 66 {BM} 038283 (+) {BM} 038554b artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P357175},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P357175},
}


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