CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 046 (P231521)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 06524

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) Obv: Proverb collection 2; Rev: Not preserved)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

77.0 mm × 77.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 77.0 high × 77.0 wide
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:


  • history: Alster Proverbs, Proverbs 041

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

  • history: Falkowitz AfO 29/30, 025

    [FalkowitzAfO29] N.d. Archiv Für Orientforschung.

  • history: Gordon SP, 165 pl.50 LL

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 06524
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000796, Ex. 046 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231521.
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 046 artifact entry (No. P231521). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231521 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 046 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231521 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
@misc{2023CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000796, ex. 046 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231521},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P231521
LB  - CDLI:P231521
M1  - 2024/3/29/
TI  - CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 046 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231521
ER  - 
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.