Education in the Earliest Schools 126 (P273840)
Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Education in the Earliest Schools 126 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273840 |
| Museum no. | PARS 12/01, 089 |
| Collection | Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
English translation
Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse col 1 6' | City |
| obverse col 1 9' | Dagger |
| obverse col 1 11' | A bush |
| obverse col 1 12' | To burn |
| obverse col 1 13' | Wool |
| obverse col 1 14' | Stone cutter |
| obverse col 1 15' | A fly |
| obverse col 1 18' | To place |
| obverse col 2 3 | To break |
| obverse col 2 4 | A ration |
| obverse col 2 5 | A ration |
| obverse col 2 6 | To press |
| obverse col 2 7 | To spread |
| obverse col 2 9 | A youth |
| obverse col 2 10 | To dig |
| obverse col 2 12 | A pig |
| obverse col 2 13 | To winnow |
| obverse col 2 15 | A place |
| obverse col 2 17 | To speak |
| obverse col 2 18 | Equal |
| obverse col 2 19 | Healthy |
| reverse 1 | Stomach |
| reverse 2 | Hand |
| reverse 3 | Large |
| reverse 5 | Non-precious stone |
| reverse 6 | A hill |
| reverse 7 | A month |
| reverse 8 | A priest |
| reverse 9 | Head |
| reverse 14 | Angry |
| reverse 16 | Mouth |
| reverse 17 | A word |
| reverse 19 | A tooth |
| reverse col 2 1 | To speak |
| reverse col 2 2 | Voice |
| reverse col 2 3 | To speak |
| reverse col 2 5 | Skull |
| reverse col 2 6 | To go |
| reverse col 2 7 | To bring |
| reverse col 2 8 | To bring |
| reverse col 2 9 | To establish |
| reverse col 2 10 | To stand |
| reverse col 2 11 | To go |
| reverse col 2 14 | To bring |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 3' | [...] USZ# | |
| 4' | {disz}[...]-x USZ# | |
| 5' | {disz}ri URU | |
| 6' | {disz}iri URU | |
| 7' | {disz}u4 |URUxMIN| | |
| 8' | {disz}|URUxMIN| | |
| 9' | {disz}mi#-ri# GIR2 | |
| 10' | {disz}ul# AD2 | |
| 11' | {disz}ad AD2 | |
| 12' | {disz}ta-ab AD2 | |
| 13' | {disz}mu-ug MUG | |
| 14' | {disz}za-dim ZADIM! | |
| 15' | {disz}ni-im NIM | |
| 16' | {disz}NIM | |
| 17' | {disz}GAR | |
| 18' | {disz}ga2#-ar GAR | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | [{disz}]x GAR | |
| 2 | {disz}GAR | |
| 3 | {disz}pa-ad PAD | |
| 4 | {disz}szu-ku PAD | |
| 5 | {disz}ku-ru-um PA | |
| 6 | {disz}su-ur SUR | |
| 7 | {disz}bu-ur BUR | |
| 8 | {disz}BUR | |
| 9 | {disz}su-ul DUN | |
| 10 | {disz}du-un DUN | |
| 11 | {disz}DUN | |
| 12 | {disz}SZUBUR | |
| 13 | {disz}ma-ar MAR | |
| 14 | {disz}MAR | |
| 15 | {disz}KI | |
| 16 | {disz}KI | |
| 17 | {disz}DI | |
| 18 | {disz}SA DI | |
| 19 | {disz}si-lim DI | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}SZA3 | |
| 2 | {disz}SZU | |
| 3 | {disz}GAL | |
| 4 | {disz}GAL | |
| 5 | {disz}NA | |
| 6 | {disz}DU6 | |
| 7 | {disz}ITI | |
| 8 | {disz}LAGAR | |
| 9 | {disz}SAG | |
| 10 | {disz}U-SAG | |
| 11 | {disz}U-SAG | |
| 12 | {disz}SAG@n | |
| 13 | {disz}di-il# DUL3 | |
| 14 | {disz}su-mu-ur szu#-ru# DUL3 | |
| 15 | {disz}sa-la-am DUL3 | |
| 16 | {disz}pi KA | |
| 17 | {disz}e#-nim# KA | |
| 18 | {disz}[ka] KA | |
| 19 | {disz}zu KA | |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | {disz}du KA | |
| 2 | {disz}gu2 KA | |
| 3 | {disz}du-ug KA | |
| 4 | {disz}KA | |
| 5 | {disz}u-gu UGU | |
| 6 | {disz}du-u2 DU | |
| 7 | {disz}di DU | |
| 8 | {disz}tum# DU | |
| 9 | {disz}gi-in DU | |
| 10 | {disz}gu-ub DU | |
| 11 | {disz}ge6-en DU | |
| 12 | {disz}sza DU | |
| 13 | {disz}ra DU | |
| 14 | {disz}la-[ah DU] | |
| 15 | {disz}[...] | |
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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