CDLI Lexical 000047, ex. nn & Literary 000796, ex. 159 (P229522)

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 058561

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 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 6; Rev: OB Lú)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

obverse
column 1
  traces
2. lugal#
3. nam#-dumu#-na#
4. sukkal
5. sukkal-mah
6. sukkal#-sza3-[e2]-a
7. sukkal#-i3#-du8#
8. [sukkal-lu2]-kasz4
9. [sukkal]-lu2#-kasz4#-e#
10. [sukkal]-mar-tu#
11. sukkal#-ensi2(|PA.TE.SI#|)
12. sukkal#-sanga#
13. [zabar]-dab5#
14. [|GAL.UD|-unken]-na#
15. [gal-zu]-unken#-na#
16. ki#-[ad-mah-gi4-gi4]
17. gu#-[za-la2]
  broken
column 2
1. sza3#-tam#-x
2. sza3-tam-x
3. sza3-tam-e2-[x]-uzu
4. sza3-tam-[x]-x
5. sza3#-tam#-[...]
6. [sza3]-tam#-kuruszda
7. [sza3]-tam#-e2#-x
8. [sza3]-tam#-[...]
  n lines traces
column 3
  broken
  traces
2. [...] |GAD&GAD.GAR&GAR|
3. [...] |GAD&GAD.GAR&GAR|
4. |GAL.KAK|#
5. tiru(|GAL.TE|)#
6. [ra2]-gaba
7. [sza3-e2]-gal
  traces of 3 lines
11. [...]
12. szu#-[i-x]
13. szu#-[i-x]
14. szu#-[i-x]
15. szu#-[i-x]
16. a#-[zu]
17. a-[zu-gal]
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column 4
  broken
1'. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA.A|)#
2'. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU#|-[GABA])#-[x]
3'. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA#|)-gal#
4'. sagiax(|SILA3#.SZU.GABA#|)-tur?#
5'. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA#|)-lugal#
6'. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA#|)-nam?#-[...]
7'. sagiax(|SILA3.[SZU].GABA#|)#-eresz-a
8'. sagiax(|SILA3.[SZU].GABA#|)#-x-x-x
9'. sagiax(|SILA3.SZU.GABA|)-x
10'. en#-nu#-ug3#-ga#-nu?#-[um]
11'. en#-nu#-ug3#-a?#
12'. i3#-du8#
13'. i3#-du8#-gal#
14'. i3#-du8#-x-[...]
15'. i3#-du8#-[...]
16'. i3#-du8#-[...]
17'. i3#-du8#-[...]
18'. i3#-du8#-[...]
19'. i3#-du8#-[...]
20'. i3#-du8#-x-[...]
21'. i3#-du8#-x-[...]
22'. i3#-du8#-x-[...]
23'. PA#
24'. PA#
25'. PA?#
26'. PA#
27'. ugula#-e2?#
28'. PA#-x
29'. [ugula]-dam-[gar3]
  traces

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, 144

    [Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.

  • history: MSL 12, 030 Y

    [Landsberger1969MSL12] Landsberger, Benno, Erica Reiner, and Marcel Sigrist. 1969. A Reconstruction of Sumerian and Akkadian Lexical Lists. Materials for Sumerian Lexicon 12. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: IM 058561
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0570
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-02 at 07:29:31 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 03:13:38 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

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite (P481702) View the score

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Lexical 000047, Ex. Nn & Literary 000796, Ex. 159 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229522.
CDLI Lexical 000047, ex. nn & Literary 000796, ex. 159 artifact entry (No. P229522). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229522 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Lexical 000047, ex. nn & Literary 000796, ex. 159 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229522 (Accessed: December 3, 2024).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {CDLI {Lexical} 000047, ex. nn & {Literary} 000796, ex. 159 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P229522},
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