CDLI Literary 000819, ex. 001 (P229353)

Literary 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

N 4974

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.27 Proverbs Collection 27 (witness) Obv. Proverbs coll.27; Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV); Photographs: Pl. 96. Reverse: Nippur Forerunner to Hh 23-24. MSL 11, p. 111. (Alster).)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

  N 4974
tablet
obverse
column 1
  1 line traces
  single ruling
2'. di#-bi-ri KA mu-ni-in-NE-esz
  single ruling
3'. lu2 e2-a-ne-ne u2-gu de2-a
4'. |E2xGAR|-bi an-gur-ru-usz
  single ruling
5'. gu7-u3-de3 al-du10
6'. gur-ru-da-bi al#-gig#
reverse
column 1
  9 lines broken
10. tu7 [...]
11. tu7 [...]
12. tu7 [...]
column 2
1. {kasz}[...]
2. {kasz}dida# [...]
3. {kasz}dida [...]
4. {kasz}dida [...]
5. kasz nag [lugal]
6. kasz [...]
7. kasz sag10#
8. kasz gen
9. uluszin3
10. uluszin3 mah
11. kasz u4 tab-ba
12. kasz u4 sal-la
13. kasz [...]
column 3
1. kasz szud3(|KAxX|)-de3
2. kasz e2-da-di
3. kasz szag4-ge gur7
4. kasz NAM
5. ku-usz
6. sa-hi-GA
7. agarin4
8. bappir2
9. bappir2 SI-A
10. bappir2 duru5
11. bappir2# pa3-pa3-ra2
12. bappir2# nu-pa3-ra2
13. [bappir2] u4# tab#-ba#

Consult previous versions and their differences
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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  • Condition Description: Fragment from the lower left corner of a tablet that may have had three columns on the obverse and two on the reverse. Parts of the left and bottom edges with obv. i are preserved. The lower part of obv. is not inscribed.
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  • Genre(s): Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.27 Proverbs Collection 27 (witness) Obv. Proverbs coll.27; Rev: OB Hh6 (foodstuffs: Hh XXIII-XXIV); Photographs: Pl. 96. Reverse: Nippur Forerunner to Hh 23-24. MSL 11, p. 111. (Alster).)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Alster Proverbs, Proverbs 282 B

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

  • history: MSL 11, 111 J

    [Civil1974MSL11] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1974. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 11.

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  • Museum No.: N 4974
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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
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune 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
2008-05-26 at 03:09:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI 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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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000043 (OB Nippur Ura 06) composite (P498273) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000819, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229353.
CDLI Literary 000819, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P229353). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229353 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000819, ex. 001 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229353 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000819, ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229353},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229353},
}


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