UET 6, 0311 (P254885)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
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Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)Artifact Type
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1. KA-gu10 iti#?-dam#? KA# x-ra-si-ge#
en: My mouth/voice expresses(?) to you monthly
2. eme-gu10 ansze x-x-x
3. egir-bi nu-mu-un#-gi4#-gi4
en: My tongue, like a running donkey(?), does not turn back
4. ka-gu10 tu7 al-bil2-la#? ha-ra-ab-te#?-[...]
en: My mouth shall cool hot soup for you/hot soup shall be cooled for you(?)
5. sza3 ku6 giri3-pad-ra2 de5#-de5#-ga
en: The inside of a fish, picked of bones
6. ka-gu10 za-e bi2#?-[...]-du11#
en: My mouth, you ... (?)
7. UR#-e ba-[...]-e
en: The dog(?) will ...
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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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- Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (calc., proverb)
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primary: UET 6, 0311
[Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.
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history: Alster Proverbs, Proverbs 318
[AlsterProverbs1997] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
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history: OECT 14, fig. A.5.25
[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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- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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- Excavation No: U 17207.119
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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2019-06-01 at 09:15:15 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2019-05-29 at 21:02:01 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Peterson, Jeremiah | CDLI | approved | ||
2005-02-01 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Friberg, Jöran; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Peterson, Jeremiah | CDLI | approved |
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