UET 6, 0864 (P459191)
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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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
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Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
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obverse
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1. sza3 gin6-[...]
en: ...
2. eme-gir15-e bi2#-in#-[...]
en: "By means of a true heart, he has been taught Sumerian
3. sag-ki tum2-e#?
en: ...
4. a2 ag2#-ga2
en: ...
5. szi-ba#?-e-da e-sze#
en: The one who ..., in order (only for him) to neglect the regulations”
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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 (Proverbs)
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primary: UET 6, 0864
[Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.
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history: Alster Proverbs, 328
[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.(as UET 6/3 378)
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- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| 2024-09-02 at 08:45:16 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:32:18 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:29:31 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2019-06-09 at 17:40:44 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2019-05-29 at 21:01:58 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2013-10-28 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard; Peterson, Jeremiah | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2024UET,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-26]},
year = {2024},
month = {sep 2},
title = {UET 6, 0864 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P459191},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P459191},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2024/9/2/ PY - 2024 ID - P459191 LB - CDLI:P459191 M1 - 2026/3/26/ TI - UET 6, 0864 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P459191 ER -