UET 6, 0272 (P346342)
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)
ClayLanguage(s)
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obverse
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1'. [...] geme2# [...]
en: ...
2'. x-la nu-sal-[...]
en: ... not thin/spread out? ...
3'. sug#-a-ni ma2 nu-mu#?-[...]
en: A boat does not ... her(?) marsh
4'. gu2#? sug-a-ni gi x-[...]
en: (On?) the bank(?) ... of her(?) marsh(?) reed(s) do not(?) ...
5'. TUG2?-am3 du10-ga-am3 [...]
en: ... is ..., ... is good, ...
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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 (Proverb)
- This text is a school text.
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primary: UET 6, 0272
[Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.
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history: Alster Proverbs, 312
[Alster1997Proverbs] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
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- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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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 | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:32:18 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-09-02 at 07:29:31 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2019-06-01 at 09:03:35 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2019-05-29 at 21:01:58 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 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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@misc{2024UET,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-23]},
year = {2024},
month = {sep 2},
title = {UET 6, 0272 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P346342},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346342},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2024/9/2/ PY - 2024 ID - P346342 LB - CDLI:P346342 M1 - 2025/8/23/ TI - UET 6, 0272 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P346342 ER -