CDLI Literary 000805, ex. 006 (P230317)

Wisdom or proverb tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 05821

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 6.01.12 Proverbs Collection 12 (witness) rev. not inscribed)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

95.0 mm × 95.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 95.0 high × 95.0 wide
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  • history: Alster Proverbs, 198, CBS 05821

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

  • history: OIP 11,, p.14 (unpub. dup.)

    [Chiera1929OIP11] Chiera, Edward. 1929. Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur. Vol. 1. Oriental Institute Publications. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/oip-11-cuneiform-series-volume-i-sumerian-lexical-texts-temple-school.

  • history: Falkowitz AfO 29/30, 024

    [FalkowitzAfO29] N.d. Archiv Für Orientforschung.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 05821
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000805, Ex. 006 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230317.
CDLI Literary 000805, ex. 006 artifact entry (No. P230317). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230317 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000805, ex. 006 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230317 (Accessed: April 16, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
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	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230317},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P230317},
}


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