UET 6, 0881 (P346918)

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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Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
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1. sag?-da KA x [...]
en: ...
2. NIG2 nu-KA nu-mu#-[...]
en: That which is not spoken(?) ...
3. a-ga-bi [...]
en: Its rear/behind ...
4. SI#-A x x x [...]
en: ...
rest broken
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reverse
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(numerical notations)

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	School text
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P346918
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P346918

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	U —
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number

References

primary: UET 6, 0881

[Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.
history: Fs Westenholz (pp. 9-28), 016

[Alster2011FsWestenholz] Alster, Bendt. 2011. “Some New Sumerian Proverbs.” In Akkade Is King : A Collection of Papers by Friends and Colleagues Presented to Aage Westenholz on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday 15th of May 2009, 118:9–28. PIHANS. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Instituut Voor Het Nabije Oosten Te Leiden. Leiden : Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-31 at 18:12:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2019-06-09 at 20:31:52	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2019-06-01 at 14:34:09	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Peterson, Jeremiah	CDLI	Approved
2019-05-29 at 21:01:58	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N.	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“UET 6, 0881 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346918.

UET 6, 0881 artifact entry (No. P346918). (2024, July 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346918 (Original work published 2006)

UET 6, 0881 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346918 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).

@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 31},
	title = {UET 6, 0881 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346918},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346918},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/31/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P346918
LB  - CDLI:P346918
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - UET 6, 0881 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P346918
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 6, 0881 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346918.

UET 6, 0881 artifact entry (No. P346918). (2024, July 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346918 (Original work published 2006)

UET 6, 0881 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346918 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).

@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 31},
	title = {UET 6, 0881 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346918},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346918},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/31/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P346918
LB  - CDLI:P346918
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - UET 6, 0881 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P346918
ER  -