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. [...] a#-ri-a nu-da13#-[da13] en: The palace will never abandon the arid land 2. [ma2]-gur8# in-nu-da nu-da13-[da13] en: The barge will never abandon straw 3. dumu#-gir15 du-lum nu-da13-da13# en: The “citizen” laborer will never abandon work blank space reverse broken
