CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 081 (P254869)

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. dub-sar eme-gir15 nu-un-zu-[...]
 en: The scribe that has not known Sumerian
2. inim bala-[...]
 en: In conversing in it/translating (it)
3. me-da he2-im-tum3#
 en: At what time should he succeed?
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