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Publication
Primary publication: UET 6, 0267
Author: Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron
Publication date: 1963, 1966, 2006
Secondary publication(s): Robson, Eleanor, OECT 14 (1999) fig. A.5.01&39; Alster Proverbs 311
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CDLI no.: P254867
UCLA Library ARK 21198/zz001sck5z
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue: 20050201 melville
Transliteration: Peterson, Jeremiah
Translation: Peterson, Jeremiah
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Owner: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
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Genre: School
Sub-genre: mathematical calc., proverb
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Object type: tablet
Material: clay
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Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Excavation no.: U 17207.021
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Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Tablet

obverse
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1. dub#-sar#-me#-[en] mu ni2#-[...]
2. igi ni2-zu# [sag3]-ge#
#tr.en: You are a scribe and do not know your own name? Strike your own face!
$ single ruling
3. eg3#-ma#-al#? [...]
4. SU3 USZ-ma# [...]
#tr.en: Possessions(?) ...
$ single ruling
5. dub-sar pe-el#?-[la2]
6. lu2-mu7!?-mu7#!?-sze3#
#tr.en: A disgraced/debased scribe turns into an incantation priest
7. nar pe-el-la2
8. lu2#-gi-di-da-sze3
#tr.en: A disgraced/debased singer turns into a player of the gidi flute
9. x pe-el-la2
10. {lu2#}di-bi-dal-dal-sze3
#tr.en: A disgraced/debased ... becomes a swindler(?)
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