UET 6, 0882 (P346919)

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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Photo

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. lu2#? [...]
en: ...
2. igi-ni-sze3# [...]
en: Before him ...
3. egir-ra-a-[...]
en: Behind him ...
4. nam [...]
en: ...
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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)

Text content

Genre(s)	School text
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P346919
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P346919

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, 0882

[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 20:32:39	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	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, 0882 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346919.

UET 6, 0882 artifact entry (No. P346919). (2024, July 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346919 (Original work published 2006)

UET 6, 0882 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346919 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).

@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 31},
	title = {UET 6, 0882 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346919},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346919},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/31/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P346919
LB  - CDLI:P346919
M1  - 2026/6/13/
TI  - UET 6, 0882 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P346919
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 6, 0882 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346919.

UET 6, 0882 artifact entry (No. P346919). (2024, July 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346919 (Original work published 2006)

UET 6, 0882 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346919 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).

@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 31},
	title = {UET 6, 0882 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346919},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346919},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/31/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P346919
LB  - CDLI:P346919
M1  - 2026/6/13/
TI  - UET 6, 0882 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P346919
ER  -