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CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 076 (P368276)

Mathematical 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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Penn —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) metrologicalnon-mathematical)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has fragments

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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This artifact is composed of fragments.
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Text Information

Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) metrologicalnon-mathematical)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: Alster Proverbs, 043

[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
history: Gordon SP, 519, LLLL (Plate 73)

[Gordon1959SP] Gordon, Edmund I. 1959. Sumerian Proverbs : Glimpses of Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. Museum Monograph of the University Museum. University of Pennsylvania. University Museum.
history: SLFN, 69, 3N-T906,246

[Heimerdinger1979SLFN] Heimerdinger, Jane W. 1979. Sumerian Literary Fragments from Nippur. Vol. 4. Occasional Publications of the Babylonian Fund. Philadelphia : Distributed by the Babylonian Fund, University Museum.

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Museum No.: Penn —
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Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Excavation No: 3N-T0906,246
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-09-02 at 07:29:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-06-29 at 15:20:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-06-29 at 15:17:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2007-03-10 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Robson, Eleanor		CDLI	approved

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Notes

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CDLI Notes:

Veldhuis (JAOS 120, 389): this is not part of 3N-T905,191+ (contra Alster Proverbs 043)Veldhuis (JAOS 120, 389): this is not part of 3N-T905,191+ (contra Alster Proverbs 043)

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“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 076 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P368276.

CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 076 artifact entry (No. P368276). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P368276 (Original work published 2007)

CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 076 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P368276 (Accessed: May 14, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P368276},
}

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“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 076 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P368276.

CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 076 artifact entry (No. P368276). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P368276 (Original work published 2007)

CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 076 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P368276 (Accessed: May 14, 2025).

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