UET 6, 0267 (P254867)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0267 |
|---|---|
| ID | P254867 |
| 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 2 | You are a scribe and do not know your own name? Strike your own face! |
| obverse 4 | Possessions(?) ... |
| obverse 6 | A disgraced/debased scribe turns into an incantation priest |
| obverse 8 | A disgraced/debased singer turns into a player of the gidi flute |
| obverse 10 | A disgraced/debased ... becomes a swindler(?) |
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 | dub#-sar#-me#-[en] mu ni2#-[...] | |
| 2 | igi ni2-zu# [sag3]-ge# | |
| 3 | eg3#-ma#-al#? [...] | |
| 4 | SU3 USZ-ma# [...] | |
| 5 | dub-sar pe-el#?-[la2] | |
| 6 | lu2-mu7!?-mu7#!?-sze3# | |
| 7 | nar pe-el-la2 | |
| 8 | lu2#-gi-di-da-sze3 | |
| 9 | x pe-el-la2 | |
| 10 | {lu2#}di-bi-dal-dal-sze3 | |
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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