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. 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 blank space reverse blank space