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. ka5-a {i7}idigna-sze3 en: A fox into the Tigris 2. kasz3 i3-sur-sur-ra en: urinating: 3. a-esztub{ku6} ba-zi-ge-en e-sze en: “I raise the carp flood” he said. blank space reverse blank space
