UET 6, 0257 (P254865)
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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1. lu2 nig2-gin6-na
2. zi-bi he2-u3-tu
3. nam-ti he2-su3-u4-de3
en: If a man engenders the life of truth, he will prolong (his own) lifetime
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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 (calc., proverb)
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primary: UET 6, 0257
[Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.
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history: Alster Proverbs, 310
[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
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history: OECT 14, fig. A.5.29
[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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- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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- Excavation No: U 17207.009
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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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| 2019-05-29 at 21:01:58 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | 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 2026-01-29]},
year = {2024},
month = {sep 2},
title = {UET 6, 0257 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P254865},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254865},
}
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