CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 097 (P225093)

Wisdom or proverb tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 058028

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) proverb)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  2 lines broken
3. dub#-sar# eme#-gi7# [nu-mu-un-zu]-a#
4. inim bala-e me#-da# he2#-em-tum3

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: TIM 10, 123

    [Al-Fouadi1979TIM10] Fu’adi, Abd al-Hadi. 1979. Lenticular Exercise School Texts, Part 1. Texts in the Iraq Museum 10. Baghdad: The State Organization of Antiquities.

  • history: Alster Proverbs, Proverbs 042

    [AlsterProverbs1997] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.

  • history: Gordon SP, 170 WWW

    [Gordon1959SP] Gordon, Edmund I. 1959. Sumerian Proverbs : Glimpses of Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. University of Pennsylvania. University Museum.

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  • Museum No.: IM 058028
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 2N-T0497
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2008-05-26 at 01:42:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2003-05-15 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Guerra, Dylan Oriental Institute Integrated Database CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 097 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P225093.
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 097 artifact entry (No. P225093). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P225093 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 097 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P225093 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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}

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