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CDLI Literary 000801, ex. 008 (P346300)

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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British Museum, London, UK

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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 (ETCSL 6.01.08 Proverbs Collection 08 (witness) Proverbs Collection 8)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
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1. ka5-a nam-lul-la-sze3
2. gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)-ga14-ni al-gub
en: A fox planned treachery
3. ba-szub-bu-de3-en i7-da iri!?-gu10
4. al-tum2-mu-un e-sze
en: Saying “(If?) I was to fall down (fail?), I will be carried(?) in the canal (of!?) my city
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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.08 Proverbs Collection 08 (witness) Proverbs Collection 8)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: Alster Proverbs, 165 coll.8

[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
history: UET 6, 0217

[Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.

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Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Excavation No: U 17207.092
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-02 at 08:45:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-09-02 at 07:32:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-09-02 at 07:29:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2019-06-12 at 10:55:02	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2019-05-29 at 21:01:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	approved
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N.		CDLI	approved

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“CDLI Literary 000801, Ex. 008 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346300.

CDLI Literary 000801, ex. 008 artifact entry (No. P346300). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346300 (Original work published 2006)

CDLI Literary 000801, ex. 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346300 (Accessed: April 26, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000801, ex. 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346300},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346300},
}

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“CDLI Literary 000801, Ex. 008 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346300.

CDLI Literary 000801, ex. 008 artifact entry (No. P346300). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346300 (Original work published 2006)

CDLI Literary 000801, ex. 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346300 (Accessed: April 26, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 2},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346300},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346300},
}

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ER  -

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