UET 6, 0331 (P346379)
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
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1. [...]-x-x mu-da-kur2#
en: The ... were changed
2. gesz-hurx(UB)-bi ba-da-bala#
en: The plans were overturned
3. me-bi mu-un-lal-e
en: ... diminished its rites
4. szesz-a szesz-bi igi nu-bar-e
en: A brother was not looking at his(?) brother
5. szul-e a-ra2-ba?
6. sza3-ba? a-na-asz hul ba-dim2
en: Why does the youth act wickedly in his(?) way (of behavior), in his heart?
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1. [...]-x-x mu-da-kur2#
en: The ... were changed
2. gesz-hurx(UB)-bi ba-da-bala#
en: The plans were overturned
3. me-bi mu-un-lal-e
en: ... diminished its rites
4. szesz-a szesz-bi igi nu-bar-e
en: A brother was not looking at his(?) brother
5. szul-e a-ra2-ba?
6. sza3-ba? a-na-asz hul ba-dim2
en: Why does the youth act wickedly in his(?) way (of behavior), in his heart?
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