CDLI Lexical 000047, ex. nn & Literary 000795, ex. 084 (P229309)

Literary 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 058566

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 6.01.01 Proverbs Collection 01 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 1; Rev: OB Lú)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

obverse?
column 1
  broken
column 2
1'. SAL# gu3-mur-ak#
2'. SAL szu-gi4
3'. dam-ban3-da
4'. nam-lukur
5'. kar-kid
6'. kar#-kid#-mu?#-gub?#
7'. kar#-kid#-suhub?#-si#
8'. kar#-kid#-gi#-te?#-[x]
  traces
10'. kar#-da#-gub#-[ba]
11'. kar-[nigin2]
12'. e-[nigin2]
13'. pa5#-[nigin2]
14'. a-gar3-[nigin2]
15'. [...]
16'. [...]
column 3
1'. mi#-[zum]
2'. [nam]-dumu?#-[x]
3'. inim#-ga2-ga2#
4'. u3#-tu#
5'. u3#-nu?#-tu#?
6'. GAN2-gig-du11#-ga#
7'. a-ra-ah#
8'. a-ra-ah#
9'. du10-[nir]
10'. a-ri-[a]
11'. dam#
12'. dam#
13'. dam#-dam#
14'. dam#-gurusz#
15'. nitalam#
16'. murub5#
17'. muru5(|SAL#.UD.EDIN#|)
18'. nimgir-si#
19'. uszbar(|UR2xGAN2@t#|)#
20'. e2#-gi4#-a#
21'. dag#-gi4#-a#
22'. e#-ri#-ib#
23'. ma#-[la]
  traces
25'. [...]
column 4
1'. [sze]-ba#
2'. [i3]-ba#
3'. [siki] ba?#
4'. [nig2]-ba#
5'. [x]-la2#
6'. si#-il-la2
7'. si#-il-la2
8'. kuru7#
9'. erin2#
10'. [erin2]-bu#-ra#
11'. [erin2]-gal#-[gal]
12'. erin2#-sa-gi4?#-a?#
13'. kusz7
14'. kiri4#-dab#
15'. ad4#
16'. [ku5]-ku5#-ra2#
17'. ib2#-ku5
18'. NAGAR#?-ku5
  could be ti#-
  traces
  MSL 12 read ga-dam
20'. x la2 HI#
21'. x-ti-il#
22'. szir#-dili
23'. i#-bi#-za#
  traces
  MSL 12 read [x]-me?#-x
  broken

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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  • history: Alster Proverbs, Proverbs Coll. 1, p.5

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

  • history: Gordon SP, 492 pl. 26 JJJ, IM 058566

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

  • history: MSL 12, 031 Z'

    [Landsberger1969MSL12] Landsberger, Benno, Erica Reiner, and Marcel Sigrist. 1969. Materials for Sumerian Lexicon 12.

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  • Museum No.: IM 058566
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0584
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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
2008-05-26 at 03:07:48 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 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Lexical 000047, Ex. Nn & Literary 000795, Ex. 084 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229309.
CDLI Lexical 000047, ex. nn & Literary 000795, ex. 084 artifact entry (No. P229309). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229309 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Lexical 000047, ex. nn & Literary 000795, ex. 084 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229309 (Accessed: September 24, 2023).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2023-09-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {CDLI {Lexical} 000047, ex. nn & {Literary} 000795, ex. 084 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229309},
}


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