CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 024 (P229716)
Mathematical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum (formerly Oriental Institute), Chicago, Illinois, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum (formerly Oriental Institute), Chicago, Illinois, USA, National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, IraqMuseum Number
OIM A29980 + IM 057976,bProvenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) metrol. table, proverbs; Sic. There are two tablets numbered IM 57976 acc. to 2N catalogue. The two fragments do not seem to come from the same area (2N-T 385 is from TB 75 I 1?; 2N-T 383 is TB 63 I 1 House D). But notice the question mark.)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has fragments
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- This artifact is composed of fragments.
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- Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) metrol. table, proverbs; Sic. There are two tablets numbered IM 57976 acc. to 2N catalogue. The two fragments do not seem to come from the same area (2N-T 385 is from TB 75 I 1?; 2N-T 383 is TB 63 I 1 House D). But notice the question mark.)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Alster Proverbs, Proverbs 043
[AlsterProverbs1997] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
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history: Gordon SP, 519 pl.74 NNNN
[Gordon1959SP] Gordon, Edmund I. 1959. Sumerian Proverbs : Glimpses of Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. University of Pennsylvania. University Museum.
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- Museum No.: OIM A29980 + IM 057976,b
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Excavation No: 2N-T0383 + 2N-T0385
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved | |
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Veldhuis, Niek | Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts | CDLI | approved |
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Oriental Institute Integrated Database (9e64d9dd-a942-4321-9c56-20fbe155aecb)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (6.1.2)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (6.1.2)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P229716)
P229716 lead; join suggested by Veldhuis (Proverbs p.43)P229716 lead; join suggested by Veldhuis (Proverbs p.43)