UET 6, 0688 (P346725)

Literary 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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

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BM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
 en: ...
2'. lu2 x [...]
 en: A man ...
3'. munus nu-x-[...]
 en: A woman does not ...
4'. mu du-lum-ma x
 en: A year(?) of toil ...
5'. du5-mu du-lum-ma
 en: A son(?) of toil
6'. igi bar-bar-re
 en: Look around!
7'. gurusz kal-ga
 en: A mighty man
8'. u4 dili-am3
 en: In one day (it being one day)
9'. ba-an-ku4-re-en
 en: You will become
  blank space
reverse
  blank space
  rest broken

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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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  • primary: UET 6, 0688

    [Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.

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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2019-06-08 at 13:10:00 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2019-05-29 at 21:01:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“UET 6, 0688 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P346725.
UET 6, 0688 artifact entry (No. P346725). (2006, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346725
UET 6, 0688 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346725 (Accessed: June 17, 2025).
@misc{2006UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-17]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {nov 2},
	title = {UET 6, 0688 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346725},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346725},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/11/2/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P346725
LB  - CDLI:P346725
M1  - 2025/6/17/
TI  - UET 6, 0688 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P346725
ER  -
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