UET 6, 0265 (P254866)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0265 |
|---|---|
| ID | P254866 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Wisdom or proverb |
| 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 | That of submission (can also be) that of resistance(?) |
| obverse 2 | One(?) has rejoiced over having silver(?) |
| obverse 3 | One(?) has bettered (himself) by having grain (?) |
| obverse 5 | (But) the one who possesses an animal did not sleep |
| obverse 6 | He did not acquire ... |
| obverse 7 | Nor did he set aside ... |
| obverse 8 | Nor was entry granted to him(?) |
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 | nig2 gu2 gar-ra nig2 gaba gar-[...] | |
| 2 | ku3 tuku x-an-hul2# | |
| 3 | sze tuku x-an-sa6 | |
| 4 | nig2-ur2-limmu2 tuku-e | |
| 5 | u3 nu-um#-szi#-ku#-ku# | |
| 6 | u3-la nu#-mu-un-tuku#-tuku# | |
| 7 | u3#-la nu-mu-un-tak4-tak4 | |
| 8 | [u3]-la# ku4#-ra nu-mu-na-ab-szum2#? | |
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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