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CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 062 (P346387)

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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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)

Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.01 Proverbs Collection 01 (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
beginning broken
column 1'
beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
en: ...
2'. [...]-gin7#? ba-an#-[...]
en: ... like ...
single ruling
3'. [...] x na-an-na-x
en: ...
4'. [...] sa6#-ga-bi-[...]
en: ... good ...
5'. [...] bi2#-ib-RU-x
en: ...
6'. [...] im#-ma-an-[...]
en: ...
7'. [...] im#-ma-x-[...]
en: ...
8'. [...] x im-ma#-x
en: ...
rest broken
column 2'
beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
en: ...
2'. [...] x
en: ...
3'. [...] x gal2 nu-tuku#?
en: Does not have ...
4'. {kusz#?}usan3#? x hul#? x
en: With(?) a destructive ... whip(?)
5'. bi2#-in-sag3
en: He struck
6'. dingir-gu10 me-am3-sze3 DU
en: My god, where(?) are you going(?)/how will you(?) succeed?
7'. [...] x [...] x lu#?
en: ...
rest broken
column 3'
beginning broken
1'. [...]-x-SAL-[...]
en: ...
single ruling
2'. ninda#? {d#}nin-ka5 [...]
en: Food(?) eaten by a mongoose
3'. ninda kur2 gu7#?-gu7#?
en: Food(?) eaten by a stranger
single ruling
4'. nig2-tuku nig2-al-di
5'. nig2-gig dingir-ra-kam
en: (To have both) wealth and desire (for more) is a taboo of (one's) god
single ruling
6'. u2 hub2 ti-la-sze3#
7'. ugu-zu-sze3#?
en: In order to sustain deafness/obstinancy, (it is) upon/against you
single ruling
8'. dumu-gu10 dub-sar-x
9'. nu-gar-ra
en: My son, the unfit scribe(?)
10'. [...] x-zu#?
en: ...
11'. [...] x x
en: ...
rest broken
reverse
broken

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.01 Proverbs Collection 01 (witness))
This text is a school text.
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: Alster Proverbs, Proverbs 321

[AlsterProverbs1997] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
history: UET 6, 0339 + 0649

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

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

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Excavation No: U —
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2019-06-12 at 10:15:08	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2019-05-29 at 21:01:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	approved
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N.		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (6.1.1)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (6.1.1)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P346387)

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“CDLI Literary 000795, Ex. 062 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346387.

CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 062 artifact entry (No. P346387). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346387 (Original work published 2006)

CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 062 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346387 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).

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	year = {2023},
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	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346387},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346387},
}

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“CDLI Literary 000795, Ex. 062 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346387.

CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 062 artifact entry (No. P346387). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346387 (Original work published 2006)

CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 062 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346387 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000795, ex. 062 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346387},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346387},
}

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ER  -

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