Ontario 2, 506 (P209784)

Wisdom or proverb tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Museum Collection(s)

Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Museum Number

ROM 910x209.243

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Wisdom or proverb (proverb)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. nig2-szu gal2-la-ni
 en: All that he has
2. i-bi2-gin7
 en: like smoke
3. an-sze3 ba-e3-de3
 en: into the sky will evaporate.
reverse
1. nig2-szu gal2-la-ni
 en: All that he has
2. i-bi2-gin7
 en: like smoke
3. an-sze3 ba-e3-de3
 en: into the sky will evaporate.

Text content

Genre(s) Literary > Wisdom or proverb (proverb) School text
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P209784

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Museum Number ROM 910x209.243
Accession Number D0775

References

  • primary: Ontario 2, 506

    [Sigrist2004Ontario2] Sigrist, Marcel. 2004. Neo-Sumerian Texts from the Royal Ontario Museum. II: Administrative Texts Mainly from Umma. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • history: Wisdom of Ancient Sumer, 287

    [Alster2005Wisdom] Alster, Bendt. 2005. Wisdom of Ancient Sumer.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-05 at 10:22:48 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2014-04-02 at 14:38:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Veldhuis, Niek CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:38:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:01 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 506 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P209784.
Ontario 2, 506 artifact entry (No. P209784). (2024, August 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209784 (Original work published 2002)
Ontario 2, 506 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209784 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 506 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P209784.
Ontario 2, 506 artifact entry (No. P209784). (2024, August 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209784 (Original work published 2002)
Ontario 2, 506 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209784 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 5},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209784},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209784},
}

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