UET 6, 0311 (P254885)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0311 |
|---|---|
| ID | P254885 |
| 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 | My mouth/voice expresses(?) to you monthly |
| obverse 3 | My tongue, like a running donkey(?), does not turn back |
| obverse 4 | My mouth shall cool hot soup for you/hot soup shall be cooled for you(?) |
| obverse 5 | The inside of a fish, picked of bones |
| obverse 6 | My mouth, you ... (?) |
| obverse 7 | The dog(?) will ... |
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 | KA-gu10 iti#?-dam#? KA# x-ra-si-ge# | |
| 2 | eme-gu10 ansze x-x-x | |
| 3 | egir-bi nu-mu-un#-gi4#-gi4 | |
| 4 | ka-gu10 tu7 al-bil2-la#? ha-ra-ab-te#?-[...] | |
| 5 | sza3 ku6 giri3-pad-ra2 de5#-de5#-ga | |
| 6 | ka-gu10 za-e bi2#?-[...]-du11# | |
| 7 | UR#-e ba-[...]-e | |
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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