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CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? (P274225)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P274225 |
| Museum no. | BM 080722 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Wisdom or proverb |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 3' | isurbaraar, jetinkaar, the jiruga plant |
| obverse 3 | Your sweet place does not diminish |
| obverse 6 | your... barley does not grow |
| reverse 8' | After he has been brought into the courtyard, they will bring (them) in. |
| reverse 9' | 23(?) years |
| obverse 1 | The boat of Dilmun was not suitable(?), it was not suitable(?) |
| obverse 7 | from your fire-plow... he shall make good. |
| obverse 10 | ... he made happy. |
| obverse 8 | May he be a liar whose... is a liar who does not shine, who enters(?) |
| reverse 5' | he has sworn by the name |
| obverse 2 | Your supreme scepter destroyed |
| reverse 4' | the emery plant, the nium plant and the kazal plant |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 11 | ... he repaid to him. |
| reverse 7' | the hero went out from the ajar. |
| reverse 6' | The one who fashioned the design of Utu |
| obverse 5 | (If) he does not sleep a day, he does not sleep a day |
| bottom 10' | ARAD-iliu |
| obverse 12 | ... |
| bottom 11' | and Nabium-mlik |
| reverse 2' | The one who establishes the plans of the city, who establishes peace |
| obverse 4 | When you have brought your waterway into the great river |
| obverse 9 | May your inheritance be small, may it come to an end. |
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
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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