UET 6, 0247 (P254862)
Literary 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)
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obverse
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1. u5-munu4{muszen} [...]
en: The umunu (bird) ... .
2. munu4 tilla2 [...]
en: Malt in(?) the city square ... .
3. i3-ib2-bulug3 [...]
en: It reared/grew ... .
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1. 1(disz) 4(u)
2. 1(u) 3(disz) 2(u)
3. 1(disz) 2(u) 8(disz) 4(u) 3(disz) 2(u)
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1. 2(gesz2) 3(u) n 8(disz) 6(disz) 4(u)
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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, Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (calc., proverb)
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primary: UET 6, 0247
[Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.
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history: Alster Proverbs, 296
[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
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history: OECT 14, fig. A.5.14
[Robson1999OECT14] Robson, Eleanor. 1999. Mesopotamian Mathematics, 2100-1600 BC. Technical Constants in Bureaucracy and Education. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 14. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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history: AOAT 297 (pp. 325-365), 357
[Robson2002AOAT297] Robson, Eleanor. 2002. “More than Metrology: Mathematics Education in an Old Babylonian Scribal School.” In Under One Sky - Astronomy and Mathematics in the Ancient Near East, edited by Annette Imhausen, 297:325–65. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.
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- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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- Excavation No: U 17207.052
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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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| 2024-06-26 at 19:03:36 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2019-06-01 at 14:34:08 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2019-06-01 at 08:59:46 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2019-05-29 at 21:01:59 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Peterson, Jeremiah | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2005-02-01 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Friberg, Jöran; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Peterson, Jeremiah | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2024UET,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-13]},
year = {2024},
month = {sep 2},
title = {UET 6, 0247 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P254862},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254862},
}
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