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
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1. gesztu2 ku3-zu gesztu2#-[...]
en: Intelligence, wisdom, ...
2. KA TUG2 nam-lu2-lu7#-[...]
en: ... humanity ...
3. szu na-ba-an-du7-[...]
en: ... should not perfect
4. ki-inim-ma-ke4 nam-ba#-[...]
en: The witness should not .../... should not ... testimony(?)
5. sag nu-erim2-gin7 gesz [...]
en: ... smite like the head of an enemy(?)
6. ki-ma-an-ze2-er KA [...]
en: A “slippery place"(?) ...
7. ki dingir-ra-ke4 ba-an-x-[...]
en: ... the site of a god/shrine(?)
8. inim-zu ka-sze3 hu-mu-x-[...]
en: And therefore/May(?) your word(?) ... to your mouth(?)
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