CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 041 (P228766)
Literary; Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000797, ex. 041 |
|---|---|
| ID | P228766 |
| Museum no. | UM 29-16-541 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary; Wisdom or proverb |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Peterson, Jeremiah · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse Column i [0:4] r i 1'r i 1'–r i 4'4' | Lugal-[...] has received from Ilī-[... tot gur of barley]; |
| Reverse Column i [4:6] r i 5'5'–r i 6'6' | he will measure the barley at the delivery of the harvest. |
| Reverse Column i [6:11] r i 7'7'–r i 11'11' | Ibni-Enlil, the brother of Lu-[...] has received 5 gur tot barig 3 ban of barley ... |
| Reverse Column ii [0:4] r ii 1'r ii 1'–r ii 4'4' | PN has received from [...]-ilī [tot gur of barley]; |
| Reverse Column ii [4:6] r ii 5'5'–r ii 6'6' | he will measure [the barley at ...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [6:8] r ii 7'7'–r ii 8'8' | [x]+2 gur of barley, that is not yet in hand (lit: in the street), |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 9'9'–r ii 9'9' | [PN has received] from Aba-Enlil-gin ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
From 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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r i | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 2' | ⸢ki i₃-li₂⸣-[x-x-ta] | |
| 3' | {m}⸢lugal⸣-[...] | |
| 4' | šu ba-an-ti | |
| 5' | mu-DU ud buru₁₄-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 6' | še al-aŋ₂-e | |
| 7' | 5(aš) n(barig) 3(ban₂) še ⸢gur⸣ | |
| 8' | {m}ib-ni-{d}en-lil₂ | |
| 9' | šeš lu₂-⸢x-x-x⸣ | |
| 10' | ⸢x⸣-[x-x]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 11' | šu ba-an-ti | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢x-x⸣ | |
| 2' | [ki x]-⸢x⸣-i₃-li₂-ta | |
| 3' | {[m}x-x]-⸢x⸣-ke₄ | |
| 4' | [šu] ⸢ba⸣-an-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 5' | [...] | |
| 6' | [še] al-aŋ₂-e | |
| 7' | [n]+2(aš) še gur | |
| 8' | ⸢sila⸣-a ŋal₂-še₃ | |
| 9' | ki a-ba-{d}en-lil₂-gin₇-ta | |
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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