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. zi-ga-gu10 du11-ga
en: The one who says “my expenditure"(?)
2. ma#?-la-ga-a-ni
en: is her girlfriend.
3. usar# na de5-ga
en: The neighbor who is freed from obligation(?)
4. lu2# du14-da-ka-a-ni
en: is the one of (i.e., object of) his quarreling.
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