UET 6, 0007 (P346092)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346092 |
| 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 1 | My king attended to the mašda stone |
| obverse 2 | He spoke to the dubban and urutum stones |
| obverse 3 | Ninurta, the son of Enlil was wishing for/observing(?) (their) way |
| obverse 4 | mašda and dubban stones, burning with ganzer fire |
| obverse 5 | urutum stone, (against) whom nothing stands |
| obverse 6 | gasura stone, collapsing(?) one who must rage(?) |
| obverse 7 | Thus(?) you burned(?) for me in the rebel land |
| obverse 8 | You, as one of those who stood against me (in?) the land/mountain of Saba |
| obverse 9 | mašda stone, ... shall squeeze/twist you(?) like a sheep |
| obverse 10 | dubban stone, the empty winds(?) shall strike (you) in order to break something/(as) something to be broken up(?) |
| obverse 11 | urutum stone, ... shall sharpen (you) like the mitum weapon |
| obverse 12 | Among the bronze arrowheads of the gods(!?) |
| obverse 13 | The empty wind(?) shall strike (you) so (hard) that the furious scorpion(?) scurries around(?) |
| obverse 14 | My king attended to the šagara stone |
| obverse 15 | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, was decreeing (its) fate |
| obverse 16 | šagara stone, who has struck the head of the one who went alone in the plain |
| reverse 1' | Adjoining (each other?), ..., (possessing) a soothed(?) heart, whose paws are immobilized (thick at the joint?)/snapped off(?) like a bear |
| reverse 2' | You are to go/stand(?) in your ..., now(?) (lie) paired to the ground(?) |
| reverse 3' | For me you (pl.) shall draw near to the ground(?), away from(?) their loads, who touch/bring(?) (it) for them? |
| reverse 4' | You shall be a weapon, and the door shall be open(?) |
| reverse 5' | The mighty one shall tear away the load |
| reverse 6' | With strength ... the knees(?), the one spending the day ...(?) shall draw near to the ground(?) |
| reverse 7' | (Yet) daily “the one possessing weight"(?) shall rise |
| reverse 8' | And along with(?) the youth/pig(?), ... shall choose among the cities(?) of the land |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [lugal]-gu10 {na4}masz-da im-ma-gub | |
| 2 | {na4#}dub-ba-an {na4}u2-ru-tum-e gu3 ba-an-de2# | |
| 3 | [{d}]nin#-urta dumu {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 in-ti bi2-ib2#?-kur-ku | |
| 4 | {na4#}masz-da {na4}dub-ba-an ga-an-ze2-er#? bar7-a | |
| 5 | {na4#}u2-ru-tum na-me nu-gub-bu | |
| 6 | {na4#}ga-sur-ra zi murgu2-sze3 szub-bu he2-em-ta-ab-murgu3#?-a | |
| 7 | [...]-bala#-a ur5#-gin7 ma-mu2-un-ze2-en | |
| 8 | [...] mu#-e-szi-gub-bu-un-za-na-gin7 | |
| 9 | [...] udu-gin7 he2-sur-sur-ne | |
| 10 | [...] nig2# ze2-re-de3 lil2#-e#!? he2-bi2-sag3-ge#?-ne | |
| 11 | [...] {gesz}mitum2-gin7 u3#-sar#!? he2#-ke3#-ne | |
| 12 | [...] dingir-re-e-ne#-ke4# | |
| 13 | [...]-de3# lil2#?-e he2-x-x-ne | |
| 14 | [...] {na4#}sza-ka-ra# im#-ma#-gub#? | |
| 15 | [...] {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4#? [...] | |
| 16 | [...]-ra# sag edin-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] us2 gu7# az#-gin7 giri3 hum-u3 | |
| 2' | [...]-ga#-za mu-un-DU-de3-en i3-ne tab-ba ki-za | |
| 3' | gu2#-ne#-ne-ta ki ha-ma-ab-te-en-ze2-en#-me#!?-en# a-ba szu in-ne-szi-in-de6 | |
| 4' | {gesz}tukul he2-me-en {gesz#}ig he2-gal2 | |
| 5' | kal-ga gu2-ne ha-ba-ra-si-ig-ge? | |
| 6' | lirum-da# dub3 lah5-lah5-am3-da-ab!? u4 zal-le# ki#? he2-te-ge26 | |
| 7' | [u4]-szu2-usz# x-x tuku-e# he2#-zi-zi | |
| 8' | [...] x iri{ki#?} kalam#-ma#? igi he2-en-de3?-sag5-sag5 | |
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