CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 012 (P229702)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P229702 |
| Museum no. | CBS 13866 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Wisdom or proverb |
| Find spot | Nippur |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Gordon, Edmund · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse Column i [0:3] r i' 33–r i' 55 | [... ] he will not raise a claim, Aja-[... has sworn by] the name of the king. |
| Reverse Column i [3:8] r i' 66–r i' 1010 | A woman, named Bau-[...], the slave-girl of Šā[t-Ninurta], lukur of [Ninurta], |
| Reverse Column i [8:10] r i' 1111–r i' 1212 | Šāt-[Ninurta, her mistress], has freed: |
| Reverse Column i [10:12] r i' 1313–r i' 1414 | he has cleared [her] forehead, ... |
| Reverse Column ii [0:2] r ii' 1r ii 1–r ii' 22 | [...] he has sworn by the name of the king. |
| Reverse Column ii [1:4] r ii' 22–r ii' 44 | A woman, named Amat-Šamaš, the slave of Šamaš-bāni, |
| Reverse Column ii [4:6] r ii' 55–r ii' 66 | Šamaš-bāni, her master, has freed: |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii' 77–r ii' 77 | he has cleared her forehead, |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii' 88–r ii' 88 | smashed the pot of her slavery, |
| Reverse Column ii [8:10] r ii' 99–r ii' 1010 | (and) drawn up for her a document concerning her cleaning. |
| Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii' 1111–r ii' 1111 | A built-up house plot of 1 sar, |
| Reverse Column ii [11:13] r ii' 1212–r ii' 1313 | next to the house of Ilī-puṭram, bought from LutilaDI |
| Reverse Column ii [13:14] r ii' 1414–r ii' 1414 | 5 iku of the 'small field', ... ... |
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' | ||
| 3 | ⸢inim⸣ nu-[um-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-a] | |
| 4 | {m}⸢a-a⸣-x-[...] | |
| 5 | mu lugal-[bi in-pad₃] | |
| 6 | 1 saŋ-[munus] | |
| 7 | {f}{d}ba-[u₂-...] | |
| 8 | mu-[ni-im] | |
| 9 | geme₂ ⸢ša⸣-[at-{d}nin-urta] | |
| 10 | lukur {d}[nin-urta] | |
| 11 | {f}ša-at-{[d}nin-urta nin-a-ni] | |
| 12 | ama-ar-[gi₄-ni in-ŋar] | |
| 13 | saŋ-ki-[ni] | |
| 14 | ⸢in-dadag⸣ | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1 | ⸢mu lugal-bi in-pad₃⸣ | |
| 2 | 1 saŋ-munus | |
| 3 | GEME₂-{d}UTU mu-ni-⸢im⸣ | |
| 4 | geme₂ {d}UTU-ba-ni | |
| 5 | {m}{d}UTU-ba-ni lugal-a-ni | |
| 6 | ama-ar-gi₄-ni in-ŋar | |
| 7 | saŋ-ki-ni in-dadag | |
| 8 | dug nam-geme₂-⸢ni⸣-še₃ in-gaz | |
| 9 | ⸢kišib⸣ nam-sikil-la-⸢ni⸣-še₃ | |
| 10 | in-na-an-tak₄ | |
| 11 | 1 sar e₂ du₃-a | |
| 12 | da e₂ i₃-li₂-pu-uṭ-ra-[am] | |
| 13 | kug-ta ⸢sa₁₀-am₃⸣ ki ⸢lu₂-ti-la⸣-DI-⸢ta⸣ | |
| 14 | 5(iku) gana₂ a-⸢šag₄ ban₃⸣-da | |
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