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Proverbs 301 (P459168)

Wisdom or proverb tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 04677

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Wisdom or proverb (Proverbs)

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    lentil

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    lentil

  • primary: Alster Proverbs, 301

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

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-09 at 13:57:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2013-10-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Proverbs 301 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P459168.
Proverbs 301 artifact entry (No. P459168). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P459168 (Original work published 2013)
Proverbs 301 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P459168 (Accessed: April 17, 2025).
@misc{2024Proverbs,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {Proverbs 301 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P459168},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P459168},
}


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