MDP 27, 113 (P369861)

Wisdom or proverb tablet excavated in Susa (mod. Shush), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum, Tehran, Iran

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

Museum Number

NMI BK 03104

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Susa (mod. Shush)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Wisdom or proverb (Proverb A scribe and his perverse Son (E-duba B))

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary > Wisdom or proverb (Proverb A scribe and his perverse Son (E-duba B))
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P369861
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P369861

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Susa (mod. Shush)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	National Museum, Tehran, Iran
Museum Number	NMI BK 03104
Accession Number

References

primary: MDP 27, 113

[vanderMeer1935MDP27] Meer, Petrus E. van der. 1935. Textes Scolaires de Suse. Mémoires de La Mission Archéologique de Perse, Tome 27. Paris: Ernest Leroux.
history: Alster Proverbs, 336

[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
history: Schülertexte aus Susa, T.468

[Malayeri2014Schülertextediss] Malayeri, Mehrnoush. 2014. Phdthesis. Phdthesis, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
history: JCS 25 (pp. 105-169), 109

[Sjöberg1973JCS25] Sjöberg, Åke W. 1973. “Der Vater Und Sein Missratener Sohn.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 25 (3): 105–69. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359447.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	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
2024-07-01 at 15:47:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-19 at 16:51:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2007-07-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“MDP 27, 113 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P369861.

MDP 27, 113 artifact entry (No. P369861). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P369861 (Original work published 2007)

MDP 27, 113 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P369861 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“MDP 27, 113 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P369861.

MDP 27, 113 artifact entry (No. P369861). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P369861 (Original work published 2007)

MDP 27, 113 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P369861 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P369861},
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