CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 020 (P229711)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P229711 |
| Museum no. | CBS 13609 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Wisdom or proverb |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| 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 [0:1] r i' 1r i 1–r i' 1r i 1 | [A built-up] house plot of 2 sar, |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i' 22–r i' 22 | (situated on) the street ..., |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i' 33–r i' 33 | next to the house of ..., |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i' 44–r i' 44 | (it's) the house of Nan[na-meša], son of Ur-[...], |
| Reverse Column i [4:7] r i' 55–r i' 77 | Nanna-pad[a-...] bought from Nanna-me[ša] |
| Reverse Column i [7:10] r i' 88–r i' 1010 | [as] its full price [he weighed out] 2/3 mi[nas of silver]. |
| Reverse Column ii [0:3] r ii' 1r ii 1–r ii' 33 | [In the future PN] and his heirs, as many as there will be, will not raise a claim concerning this [house]; |
| Reverse Column ii [3:5] r ii' 44–r ii' 55 | he has sworn by the [name of the king]. |
| Reverse Column ii [4:6] r ii' 55–r ii' 66 | A built-up house plot of [2/3 sa]r, be it more or less, |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii' 77–r ii' 77 | [with a do]or made of palm leaves which is a gate to the street, |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii' 88–r ii' 88 | [next to] the house of Ur-Nanna, |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii' 99–r ii' 99 | [(it's) the house of Lu-N]inurta ... |
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 | 2 ⸢sar⸣ e₂ [du₃-a] | |
| 2 | e-sir₂ AN X [...] | |
| 3 | da e₂ ad-[...] | |
| 4 | e₂ {d}⸢nanna⸣-[me-ša₄] dumu ur-[...] | |
| 5 | ki {d}nanna-me-[ša₄-ta] | |
| 6 | {m}{d}nanna-pad₃-⸢da⸣-[...] | |
| 7 | in-ši-in-[sa₁₀] | |
| 8 | sam₂ til-la-bi-[še₃] | |
| 9 | 2/3 ma-[na kug-babbar] | |
| 10 | [in]-⸢na⸣-[an-la₂] | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1 | [u₃] ibila-a-ni | |
| 2 | [a]-⸢na me-a⸣-bi | |
| 3 | [e₂]-bi-še₃ ⸢inim⸣ [nu]-⸢um⸣-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-a | |
| 4 | [mu] ⸢lugal⸣-bi in-pad₃ | |
| 5 | 2/3 ⸢sar⸣ e₂ du₃-a | |
| 6 | [ib₂]-⸢dirig⸣ ba-la₂ | |
| 7 | 1 {ŋeš]}⸢ig ze₂-na⸣ kan₄ tilla₂-ta | |
| 8 | [da] ⸢e₂⸣ ur-{d}⸢nanna⸣ | |
| 9 | [e₂ lu₂-{d]}⸢nin⸣-urta | |
Sources & licences
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