UET 6, 0295 (P254878)

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, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Wisdom or proverb (mathematical calc., proverb)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
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1. hu-mu-un-im2#-e
en: If he runs after(?) ...
2. hu-mu-un#-sar-re
en: If he chases after ...
3. hu-mu-un#-GIR3
en: If he is mighty/stretches out(?)
4. ib2-il2-x
en: He will carry ...(?)
5. bi2-in-du11-ga
en: The one who caused that to be said (this about him)(?)
6. lu2 dingir in-tuku-am3#
en: He is a man who has had a god
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reverse
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Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary > Wisdom or proverb (mathematical calc., proverb) School text
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P254878
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P254878

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	U —
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number

References

primary: UET 6, 0295

[Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.
history: Alster Proverbs, 315

[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
history: OECT 14, fig. A.5.6

[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.
history: AOAT 297 (pp. 325-365), 356

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-02 at 07:29:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-26 at 19:03:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2019-05-29 at 21:02:01	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Peterson, Jeremiah	CDLI	Approved
2005-02-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Friberg, Jöran; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Peterson, Jeremiah	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“UET 6, 0295 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P254878.

UET 6, 0295 artifact entry (No. P254878). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P254878 (Original work published 2005)

UET 6, 0295 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P254878 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254878},
}

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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 6, 0295 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P254878.

UET 6, 0295 artifact entry (No. P254878). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P254878 (Original work published 2005)

UET 6, 0295 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P254878 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).

@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {UET 6, 0295 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P254878},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254878},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P254878
LB  - CDLI:P254878
M1  - 2026/5/18/
TI  - UET 6, 0295 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P254878
ER  -