CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 020 (P346312)

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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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
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1. nig tu-u4-da-gin7
2. erin2 zu2 ku5-ku5-de3
 en: Biting the workforce like a bitch that has given birth to puppies
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reverse
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