UET 6, 0247 (P254862)
Literary; Mathematical, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0247 |
|---|---|
| ID | P254862 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary; Mathematical |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
English translation
By Peterson, Jeremiah · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | The umunu (bird) ... . |
| obverse 2 | Malt in(?) the city square ... . |
| obverse 3 | It reared/grew ... . |
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 | ||
| 1 | u5-munu4{muszen} [...] | |
| 2 | munu4 tilla2 [...] | |
| 3 | i3-ib2-bulug3 [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) 4(u) | |
| 2 | 1(u) 3(disz) 2(u) | |
| 3 | 1(disz) 2(u) 8(disz) 4(u) 3(disz) 2(u) | |
| left | ||
| 1 | 2(gesz2) 3(u) n 8(disz) 6(disz) 4(u) | |
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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