UET 6, 0322 (P254890)

Wisdom or proverb 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

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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)

Literary > Wisdom or proverb (mathematical calc., proverb)

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tablet
obverse
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1. a [...]
  single ruling
2. ka-ta [...]
 en: From/by the mouth ...
3. ka-ta DU [...]
4. ka-ta he2-[...]
5. szu-ni-sze3# nu-un#-[...]
 en: If it is present from/by means of the mouth, he does not have it for his hand
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reverse
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 6, 0322

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

  • history: Alster Proverbs, Proverbs 319

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

  • history: OECT 14, fig. A.5.34

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2019-05-29 at 21:01:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View
2005-02-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Friberg, Jöran; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“UET 6, 0322 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2005. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254890.
UET 6, 0322 artifact entry (No. P254890). (2005, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254890
UET 6, 0322 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254890 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2005},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 6, 0322 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254890},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254890},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2005/2/1/
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ID  - P254890
LB  - CDLI:P254890
M1  - 2024/4/26/
TI  - UET 6, 0322 artifact entry
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