CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 088 (P346403)

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. 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
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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
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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
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