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. munus-e sza3# x
en: A woman ...
2. mu-un-na-te#?
en: approached
3. alan x x [...]
en: The statue/form of(?) ...
4. u2#-gin7 bi2-in#-[...]
en: Like plants(?) ...
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reverse
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1. munus-e# SZA3# [...]
en: A woman ...
2. mu-[...]
en: approached ...
3. alan x [...]
en: The statue/form of(?) ...
4. u2-gin7# [...]
en: Like plants(?) ...
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