CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 057 & Literary 000821, ex. 42 (P230825)
Literary; Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 057 & Literary 000821, ex. 42 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230825 |
| Museum no. | N 5569 |
| 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 Alster, Bendt · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Be not hostile to the weakling, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | do not cry for the strong one; |
| Obverse [2:3] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | to the craftsman, his arm ... |
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 | ||
| 3' | si-ga-ar nam-ba-an-na-kur₂-[kur₂] | |
| 4' | kalag-ga-ar nam-ba-an-⸢še₈-še₈⸣ | |
| 5' | gašam-še₃ a₂-ni x-[...] | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1 | udu [...] | |
| 2 | udu [...] | |
| 3 | ⸢udu⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | ⸢udu⸣ saŋ [nu]-⸢sikil⸣ | |
| 5 | udu mu-[pad₃]-da | |
| 6 | udu (ŠA₃.⸢A⸣) | |
| 7 | udu niŋ₂-de₂-a | |
| 8 | udu niŋ₂-de₂-a munus-⸢e⸣-[ne] | |
| 9 | ⸢udu⸣ [...] | |
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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