CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 088 (P346403)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM —Provenience
Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Proverbs Collection 2)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
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1. szum2-mu-na-ab na-<mu>-na-ab-szum2-mu#
en: Give! Don't give!
2. szu-ni na-an-tag
en: (Either way) he should not touch it
single ruling
3. garzaga-bi# lu giri3 ba-da-kur2# x-szu
en: The rites were pushed away/changed (lit. made to take another path)
4. me-bi pa-ar-s,u-szu ba-da-ha-lam
en: The me were forsaken
single ruling
5. di-ir-ga-a ri-ik-su-szu ki ba-e-gul
en: The ritual arrangements were destroyed there(?)
6. garza-bi giri3 na-ab-ta#-kur2-ru-de3-en-ze2#-[en]
en: Do not (pl.) push away/change the rites
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7. me-bi# la na-ab-ta#?-[...]-ha-lam-e
en: Do not forsake the rites
8. di-ir-ga-a ri-ik-si2-szu ki# [...]-gul-en#-[...]
en: Do not (pl.) destroy the site of(?) the ritual arrangements
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1. szum2-mu-na-ab na-<mu>-na-ab-szum2-mu#
en: Give! Don't give!
2. szu-ni na-an-tag
en: (Either way) he should not touch it
single ruling
3. garzaga-bi# lu giri3 ba-da-kur2# x-szu
en: The rites were pushed away/changed (lit. made to take another path)
4. me-bi pa-ar-s,u-szu ba-da-ha-lam
en: The me were forsaken
single ruling
5. di-ir-ga-a ri-ik-su-szu ki ba-e-gul
en: The ritual arrangements were destroyed there(?)
6. garza-bi giri3 na-ab-ta#-kur2-ru-de3-en-ze2#-[en]
en: Do not (pl.) push away/change the rites
single ruling
7. me-bi# la na-ab-ta#?-[...]-ha-lam-e
en: Do not forsake the rites
8. di-ir-ga-a ri-ik-si2-szu ki# [...]-gul-en#-[...]
en: Do not (pl.) destroy the site of(?) the ritual arrangements
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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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- Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.02 Proverbs Collection 02 (witness) Proverbs Collection 2)
- This text is a school text.
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Alster Proverbs, Proverbs 044, 323
[AlsterProverbs1997] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
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history: UET 6, 0356
[Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.
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- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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- Excavation No: U 17207.019
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved | |
2019-06-12 at 10:22:17 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2019-05-29 at 21:01:58 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N. | CDLI | approved |
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