CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 006 (P254856)

Mathematical tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.05 Proverbs Collection 05 (witness) calc., proverb)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

tablet
obverse
  blank space
1. ur#-mah-e szah2 gesz-gi4# in#-dab5#?
 en: A lion caught a marsh boar
2. gu3# mu-ra-ra-ra en-na-bi-sze3
3. uzu-zu ka-gu10 nu-ub-si
 en: He shouted “How much longer will your flesh not fill my mouth?”
4. za-pa-ag2-zu gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)#-gu10
5. ulu3{+lu}-un e#-[sze]
 en: (So that(?)) my ears can forget(?) your squeal
  blank space
reverse
  blank space
  (numerical notations)

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
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • history: Alster Proverbs, Proverbs 119 M

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

  • history: UET 6, 0211

    [Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.

  • history: OECT 14, fig. A.5.7

    [Robson1999OECT14] Robson, Eleanor. 1999. Mesopotamian Mathematics, 2100-1600 BC. Technical Constants in Bureaucracy and Education. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 14. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

  • history: Robson AOAT 297, 356,

    [sec46808] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: U 17207.112
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2019-06-12 at 10:23:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2019-05-29 at 21:01:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-08-18 at 14:30:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2005-02-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Friberg, Jöran; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000799, Ex. 006 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254856.
CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 006 artifact entry (No. P254856). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254856 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 006 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254856 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
@misc{2023CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000799, ex. 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254856},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254856},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P254856
LB  - CDLI:P254856
M1  - 2024/4/25/
TI  - CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 006 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254856
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.