CDLI Literary 000819, ex. 001 (P229353)
Lexical; Literary; Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000819, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P229353 |
| Museum no. | N 4974 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical; Literary; Wisdom or proverb |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Reiner Erica & Civil, Miguel · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1010–r i 1010 | (...) soup |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 1111–r i 1111 | (...) soup |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 1212–r i 1212 | (...) soup |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 22–r ii 22 | (...) sweetened beer |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 33–r ii 33 | (...) sweetened beer |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 44–r ii 44 | (...) sweetened beer |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 55–r ii 55 | beer for royal consumption |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 66–r ii 66 | (...) beer |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 77–r ii 77 | good quality beer |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 88–r ii 88 | ordinary quality beer |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 99–r ii 99 | emmer beer |
| Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii 1010–r ii 1010 | premium emmer beer |
| Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 1111–r ii 1111 | beer exposed to a lot of sunlight |
| Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii 1212–r ii 1212 | beer exposed to a little sunlight |
| Reverse Column ii [12:13] r ii 1313–r ii 1313 | (...) beer |
| Reverse Column iii [0:1] r iii 1r iii 1–r iii 1r iii 1 | beer for a prayer |
| Reverse Column iii [1:2] r iii 22–r iii 22 | beer for an edadi offering |
| Reverse Column iii [2:3] r iii 33–r iii 33 | beer for a free will offering |
| Reverse Column iii [3:4] r iii 44–r iii 44 | (...) beer |
| Reverse Column iii [4:5] r iii 55–r iii 55 | malt flour |
| Reverse Column iii [5:6] r iii 66–r iii 66 | yeast |
| Reverse Column iii [6:7] r iii 77–r iii 77 | beer dough/mash |
| Reverse Column iii [7:8] r iii 88–r iii 88 | dough and herbs used for making beer |
| Reverse Column iii [8:9] r iii 99–r iii 99 | (...) dough and herbs used for making beer |
| Reverse Column iii [9:10] r iii 1010–r iii 1010 | soaked dough and herbs used for making beer |
| Reverse Column iii [10:11] r iii 1111–r iii 1111 | broken up dough and herbs used for making beer |
| Reverse Column iii [11:12] r iii 1212–r iii 1212 | dough and herbs used for making beer that is not broken up |
| Reverse Column iii [12:13] r iii 1313–r iii 1313 | dough and herbs used for making beer exposed to a lot of sunlight |
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 col 1 | ||
| 2' | di#-bi-ri KA mu-ni-in-NE-esz | |
| 3' | lu2 e2-a-ne-ne u2-gu de2-a | |
| 4' | |E2xGAR|-bi an-gur-ru-usz | |
| 5' | gu7-u3-de3 al-du10 | |
| 6' | gur-ru-da-bi al#-gig# | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 10 | tu7 [...] | |
| 11 | tu7 [...] | |
| 12 | tu7 [...] | |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | {kasz}[...] | |
| 2 | {kasz}dida# [...] | |
| 3 | {kasz}dida [...] | |
| 4 | {kasz}dida [...] | |
| 5 | kasz nag [lugal] | |
| 6 | kasz [...] | |
| 7 | kasz sag10# | |
| 8 | kasz gen | |
| 9 | uluszin3 | |
| 10 | uluszin3 mah | |
| 11 | kasz u4 tab-ba | |
| 12 | kasz u4 sal-la | |
| 13 | kasz [...] | |
| reverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | kasz szud3(|KAxX|)-de3 | |
| 2 | kasz e2-da-di | |
| 3 | kasz szag4-ge gur7 | |
| 4 | kasz NAM | |
| 5 | ku-usz | |
| 6 | sa-hi-GA | |
| 7 | agarin4 | |
| 8 | bappir2 | |
| 9 | bappir2 SI-A | |
| 10 | bappir2 duru5 | |
| 11 | bappir2# pa3-pa3-ra2 | |
| 12 | bappir2# nu-pa3-ra2 | |
| 13 | [bappir2] u4# tab#-ba# | |
Sources & licences
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