Ontario 2, 506 (P209784)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Ontario 2, 506 |
|---|---|
| ID | P209784 |
| Museum no. | ROM 910x209.243 |
| Collection | Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Wisdom or proverb |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
English translation
By Alster, Bendt · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | All that he has |
| obverse 2 | like smoke |
| obverse 3 | into the sky will evaporate. |
| reverse 1 | All that he has |
| reverse 2 | like smoke |
| reverse 3 | into the sky will evaporate. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | nig2-szu gal2-la-ni | |
| 2 | i-bi2-gin7 | |
| 3 | an-sze3 ba-e3-de3 | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | nig2-szu gal2-la-ni | |
| 2 | i-bi2-gin7 | |
| 3 | an-sze3 ba-e3-de3 | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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