==A Collection of Proverbs==

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//Artifact//: Clay tablet\\ 
//Provenience//: Abū Salābīkh\\ 
//Period//: ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)\\ 
//Current location//: National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq\\ 
//Text genre, language//: ; Sumerian\\ 
[[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P010232|CDLI page]]\\ 

//Description//: Discovered at Abū Salābīkh, this is still the earliest known proverb collection, and the first to prove definitely that the Old Babylonian proverb tradition had earlier antecedents. However, the sayings found here do not appear to be direct ancestors of Old Babylonian era proverbs. Sumerian proverbs are enigmatic: short, cryptic, and presuming a background in Sumerian life that is long lost.

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