CDLI Literary 000815, ex. 002 (P459186)
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 05828Provenience
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ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.23 Proverbs Collection 23 (witness) Proverbs coll. 23)Language(s)
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.23 Proverbs Collection 23 (witness) Proverbs coll. 23)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Alster Proverbs, 270 B
[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 metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:29:31 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 20:44:22 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2013-10-27 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-019893) (BC-019893)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.5828) (YBC.5828)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P459186) (P459186)
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Cite this Artifacts
“CDLI Literary 000815, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P459186.
CDLI Literary 000815, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P459186). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P459186 (Original work published 2013)
CDLI Literary 000815, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P459186 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).
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