UET 6, 0386 (P346430)
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)
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obverse
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1. gi4-in-{+men3}ge26-en
2. ga-sza-an-men3
3. sze-er nu-u3-mu-un-na-ma-al
en: I am a female worker, and you are(?) the mistress who (I) have no authority over
4. mu-u4-na-gu10
5. ga-an-ze2 e-sze
single ruling
6. a-ma-ku-u2-ma a-na be-el-ti-ia
7. u2-la e-te-el-li-ku
en: I am a female worker, who is not superior over my mistress
8. lu-ul-li-ik
reverse
1. ha-wi-ri
2. lu-ub!-qu2-ma-am
en: Come, I shall “pluck” my husband (instead)
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Consult previous versions and their differences
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 (Proverbs Collection 19)
- This text is a school text.
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primary: UET 6, 0386
[Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.
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history: Alster Proverbs, 326
[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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- Excavation No: U 17207.011
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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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| 2019-06-05 at 11:27:03 | 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 2025-09-03]},
year = {2024},
month = {sep 2},
title = {UET 6, 0386 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P346430},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346430},
}
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