CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 037 (P459173)
Wisdom or proverb tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USAMuseum Number
YBC 04604Provenience
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ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.05 Proverbs Collection 05 (witness) Proverbs)Language(s)
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.05 Proverbs Collection 05 (witness) Proverbs)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Alster Proverbs, 120
[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:32:18 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:29:31 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 20:44:22 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2013-10-26 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-018669) (BC-018669)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (6.1.5) (6.1.5)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (6.1.5) (6.1.5)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.4604) (YBC.4604)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P459173) (P459173)
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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000799, Ex. 037 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P459173.
CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 037 artifact entry (No. P459173). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P459173 (Original work published 2013)
CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 037 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P459173 (Accessed: January 7, 2026).
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