UET 6, 0371 (P254894)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0371 |
|---|---|
| ID | P254894 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| 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 3 | (Sum) So that he listens to (Akk to wait for(?)) the word of the father, and (thus) succeeds (Akk repays himself) |
| obverse 5 | The son (is to) humbly revere his mother (so that?) he is reckoned(?) (as possessor of) old age |
| obverse 7 | As long as you(!) can assign a price(?) to wisdom(?), idiot, you will achieve your wish regularly(?) |
| obverse 9 | The older brother is to honor the younger brother and behave with humanity |
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 | inim ab-ba-sze3 | |
| 2 | gizzal ke3-de3 u3?-te-qi2-a-am | |
| 3 | ni2 szu-a gi4-gi4-de3 ra-ma-an-szu szu-lu-ma-am | |
| 4 | dumu ama-ni-ir sun5-na <ni2> te-ga2 | |
| 5 | nam-ab-ba szid-de3 | |
| 6 | en-na ku3-zu ku3 banda3{+da}-na | |
| 7 | na-ga2-ah a2-asz2 sa2 e3-de3-en | |
| 8 | szesz gal szesz banda3{+da} dugud-de-dam# | |
| 9 | nam#-lu2-lu7 ke3#-de3 | |
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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