UET 6, 0292 (P346355)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Wisdom or proverb (Proverb)

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tablet
obverse
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1. nam#-tar#-gu10 ga-am3-du11
 en: I want to speak of my fate
2. su-lum mar-am3
 en: It is contempt
3. a-ra2#-gu10 ga-am3-du11
 en: I want to speak about my way (through life)
4. ka lu2 ba-an-ses-e
 en: It will embitter the mouth of a man
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reverse
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1. er2-gu10 im-da-an-sa2-a
 en: That which vies with my weeping/filled(!?) (my eyes) with tears(?)
2. sza3-gu10 im-da-an-hul
 en: It made my heart malevolent(?)
3. tusz-a NUMUN2? e2-a ba-an-du11
 en: It said “Sit/dwell(?), ... in the house"(!?)
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Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Museum No.: BM —
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 17207.059
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2019-05-29 at 21:02:01 Englund, Robert K. atf Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI artifact Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“UET 6, 0292 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2006. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346355.
UET 6, 0292 artifact entry (No. P346355). (2006, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346355
UET 6, 0292 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346355 (Accessed: May 28, 2023).
@misc{2006UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2023-05-28]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {nov 2},
	title = {UET 6, 0292 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346355},
}


TY  - ELEC
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ID  - P346355
LB  - CDLI:P346355
M1  - 2023/5/28/
TI  - UET 6, 0292 artifact entry
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ER  -
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