CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 084 (P346297)

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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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
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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)
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reverse
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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)
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