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
tablet obverse blank space 1. ka5-a nu-un-dab#? en: He has not caught the fox 2. gesz# azx(PIRIG)-bala al-ke3-e en: (But) he is making the azbala trap (to catch it) blank space reverse blank space 1. ka5-a nu-un-dab en: He has not caught the fox 2. {gesz#}azx(PIRIG)-bala al-ak-e en: (But) he is making the azbala trap (to catch it) blank space