CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 038 (P231593)

Wisdom or proverb 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, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A33456

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 6.01.03 Proverbs Collection 03 (witness) Obv: Proverb collection 3; Rev: Unidentified list)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: Alster Proverbs, 078, A 33456

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

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  • Museum No.: OIM A33456
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0914hh
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
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 000797, Ex. 038 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231593.
CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 038 artifact entry (No. P231593). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231593 (Original work published 2003)
CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 038 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231593 (Accessed: March 12, 2025).
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	month = {sep 2},
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	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231593},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P231593},
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