CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 037 (P231482)

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

N 3048 + N 3054 + N 7119

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 6.01.01 Proverbs Collection 01 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 1; Rev: ; 5x6 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Has fragments

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: Alster Proverbs, Proverbs Coll. 1, p.4

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

  • history: Gordon SP, 035, pl.15 FF, N 3048 + N 3054

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

  • history: BPOA 9, 230 (N 7119)

    [Peterson2011BPOA9] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2011. Sumerian Literary Fragments in the University Museum, Philadelphia. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 9. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

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  • Museum No.: N 3048 + N 3054 + N 7119
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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P231482 leadP231482 lead

Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000795, Ex. 037 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231482.
CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 037 artifact entry (No. P231482). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231482 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 037 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231482 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231482},
}

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