UET 6, 0281 (P254873)

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. dub3-tuku bar? in-dab5
 en: The runner roamed around(?)
2. usu-tuku ba-da#-an#-kar
 en: The strong person robbed
3. ka tuku e2-gal-la-sze3 ba#-ni-in-ku4
 en: The “possessor of a mouth” entered into the palace
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