CDLI Literary 000809, ex. 001 (P229562)
Literary; Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000809, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P229562 |
| Museum no. | N 5213 |
| 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 Landsberger, Benno, Civil, Miguel & Reiner, Erica · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | like a barber [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | ... hair |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | šu-i-gin₇ ⸢nam⸣-[...] | |
| 2' | suhur im-ši-⸢x⸣ | |
| r i' | ||
| 1 | saŋ [...] | |
| 2 | an ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | ⸢an⸣ [...] | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1 | ⸢kiŋ₂-nim⸣ | |
| 2 | ⸢kiŋ₂⸣-sig | |
| 3 | ⸢kiŋ₂⸣-gal | |
| 4 | [...]-⸢gal⸣ ud-da | |
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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