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. 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 blank space reverse blank space 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"(!?) blank space
