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. szum2-mu-na-ab na-<mu>-na-ab-szum2-mu# en: Give! Don't give! 2. szu-ni na-an-tag en: (Either way) he should not touch it single ruling 3. garzaga-bi# lu giri3 ba-da-kur2# x-szu en: The rites were pushed away/changed (lit. made to take another path) 4. me-bi pa-ar-s,u-szu ba-da-ha-lam en: The me were forsaken single ruling 5. di-ir-ga-a ri-ik-su-szu ki ba-e-gul en: The ritual arrangements were destroyed there(?) 6. garza-bi giri3 na-ab-ta#-kur2-ru-de3-en-ze2#-[en] en: Do not (pl.) push away/change the rites single ruling 7. me-bi# la na-ab-ta#?-[...]-ha-lam-e en: Do not forsake the rites 8. di-ir-ga-a ri-ik-si2-szu ki# [...]-gul-en#-[...] en: Do not (pl.) destroy the site of(?) the ritual arrangements reverse blank space