CDLI Literary 000809, ex. 004 (P231285)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 1009 + N 1029 + N 5187 + N 7577 + N 7578 + N 7619

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 6.01.16 Proverbs Collection 16 (witness) Line 2 duplicates SP 16 F2; Line 1 see CA 109 1 kur-ku//3 ba-al-[ ]-gin//7 GIN//2 nu-sa//6 2 #u-i-gin//7 nam-x [ ] suhur im-#i-la//2-e? 3 [x]-zi TUG//2-x[ d.]nirah-gin//7 dar-ra-x 4 [ ]-KA?-am//3 i//3-bar-re 5 [ ]-diri 6 [)

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Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.16 Proverbs Collection 16 (witness) Line 2 duplicates SP 16 F2; Line 1 see CA 109 1 kur-ku//3 ba-al-[ ]-gin//7 GIN//2 nu-sa//6 2 #u-i-gin//7 nam-x [ ] suhur im-#i-la//2-e? 3 [x]-zi TUG//2-x[ d.]nirah-gin//7 dar-ra-x 4 [ ]-KA?-am//3 i//3-bar-re 5 [ ]-diri 6 [)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Fs Westenholz (pp. 9-28), 021

    [Alster2011FsWestenholz] Alster, Bendt. 2011. “Some New Sumerian Proverbs.” In Akkade Is King : A Collection of Papers by Friends and Colleagues Presented to Aage Westenholz on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday 15th of May 2009, 118:9–28. PIHANS. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Instituut Voor Het Nabije Oosten Te Leiden. Leiden : Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.

  • history: BPOA 9, 264 (N 1029 + N 7619)

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

  • history: JAOS 120 (pp. 383-399), 397,399

    [Veldhuis2000JAOS120] Veldhuis, Niek. 2000. “Sumerian Proverbs in Their Curricular Context.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 120 (3): 383–99. https://www.proquest.com/docview/217145377/abstract/DB12912B30A647D6PQ/8.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-31 at 18:12:13 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-22 at 13:30:01 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
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2003-09-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000809, Ex. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 31, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231285.
CDLI Literary 000809, ex. 004 artifact entry (No. P231285). (2024, July 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231285 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000809, ex. 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231285 (Accessed: November 7, 2024).
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