UET 6, 0318 (P254887)
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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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. i3#-du-du-na-ke4-esz#
en: Because I(?) am going
2. i3#-kasz4-kasz4-na-ke4-esz
en: Because I(?) am running
3. ba#-an-tum3 ba-an-tum3#
en: "I(?) shall bring/succeed, I(?) shall bring/succeed”
4. mu#-na#-sze3! i-ib2-la2
en: Is bound to his(!) name
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5. {lu2}lil2#?
en: The fool(?)
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(various numerical notations)
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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, 0318
[Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.
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history: OECT 14, fig. A.5.26
[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 17207.143
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2019-06-01 at 09:16:41 | 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{2005UET,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
year = {2005},
month = {feb 1},
title = {UET 6, 0318 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P254887},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254887},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2005/2/1/ PY - 2005 ID - P254887 LB - CDLI:P254887 M1 - 2026/1/30/ TI - UET 6, 0318 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P254887 ER -