CDLI Literary 000641, ex. 001 (P346107)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000641, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346107 |
| 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 | ... beloved sister of Dumuzi |
| obverse 2 | Exuding/bearing ..., beloved of Durtur |
| obverse 3 | (Whose) seed was planted in the womb by the true ... |
| obverse 4 | My sister, born into ladyship |
| obverse 5 | She is able to ... fill the cattle pen with butter and cream |
| obverse 6 | In the sheepfold she is able to ... |
| obverse 7 | In the plain ... you are my ..., {geš}tinanna |
| obverse 8 | Oh, the young woman is indeed ... |
| obverse 9 | Your little ones/children ... are indeed ... |
| obverse 10 | She is indeed the ... of Unug |
| obverse 11 | She is indeed the ... of Kulaba |
| obverse 12 | You are ..., indeed she is ... |
| obverse 13 | The young lady ... for her brother |
| obverse 14 | Scratched her face, scratched(?) her nose |
| obverse 15 | Scratched her upper thighs, the place not seen (when) with a man, |
| obverse 16 | She made straight away to the tavern of(?) the palace |
| obverse 17 | The young woman, she(!) was inquiring of the minister who was leaving the palace |
| obverse 18 | The minister who was leaving the palace was answering the young woman |
| obverse 19 | Your brother is setting his hands upon(?) the en-ship |
| obverse 20 | The en-ship of Unug ... |
| reverse 1 | The ones dividing up the me, ten išib priests |
| reverse 2 | The ones bowing down, the lustration priests, the susbu priests |
| reverse 3 | The ones that leave(?) the great shrine monthly/in the moonlight(?), the unceasing ones, (in their presence?) your brother is setting his hands upon(?) the en-ship |
| reverse 4 | At that time there should be seven for him, there should be seven for him |
| reverse 5 | The song performers of Unug are seven |
| reverse 6 | In Zabalam there were fifty lamenters |
| reverse 7 | They know the stars in heaven, they know the roads (on) earth |
| reverse 8 | The ones that know the stars in heaven are “carrying/raising the middle"(?) |
| reverse 9 | They were “raising” the song and “putting down” the song |
| reverse 10 | In (performing) the song they(?) could not find “its head” (beginning, soloist, director or (proper) tuning?) for themselves(?) |
| reverse 11 | It was them who were not “putting” (the song?) into the (proper) voice and “station"(?) |
| reverse 12 | The little sister dwelling in the midst was speaking/singing? |
| reverse 13 | She was making (her) chest great (i.e., inhaling, or a technical musical term?), she was ... her chest, she was speaking/singing |
| reverse 14 | We will “raise” the song, and you(!) will “put down” the song |
| reverse 15 | ... did not live in ... |
| reverse 16 | ... lived in the ... of(?) ... |
| reverse 17 | She lived in the ..., the mountain of silver and lapis lazuli, in its ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x nin9 ki ag2 {d}dumu-zi-de3 | |
| 2 | [...] x gur3-ru ki ag2 {d}dur7-dur7-e | |
| 3 | a#? x x zi-de3 sza3-ga ri-a | |
| 4 | nin9#-gu10 nam-nin-e tu-da | |
| 5 | e2-turx(SZILAM)-e i3 gara2#? x mu-un-da-ab-si | |
| 6 | amasz-e i3# [... mu]-un-da-an-BU-x | |
| 7 | an-edin-ne2#? x [...] x-a-gu10 {d}gesztin-an-na-me-en | |
| 8 | a ki-sikil x [... na]-nam | |
| 9 | TUR-TUR-zu [...] na#-nam# | |
| 10 | unu{ki}-ga [...]-bi na-nam# | |
| 11 | kul-aba4{ki} x x-bi na-nam# | |
| 12 | mu-ut-tin#-na-me-en ru-ru-a na-nam#! | |
| 13 | ki-sikil-e#? x szesz-a-na-[...] | |
| 14 | igi mu#-un#-na-hur giri17 mu-un-na#-[hur] | |
| 15 | ki lu2-da nu-u6!-di hasz2 gal mu-na#-[...] | |
| 16 | e2-esz2-dam e2-gal-la si ba-ni-in-sa2# | |
| 17 | sukkal lu2 e2-gal-la-ta e3-a ki-sikil-e en3#{en!?} mu-un-tar-re-en | |
| 18 | sukkal lu2 e2-gal-la#-ta# e3-a ki-sikil-ra#? mu-un-na-ni#?-ib#?-gi4-gi4 | |
| 19 | szesz-zu nam-en#-sze3 szu mu-un-ga2-ga2-a | |
| 20 | nam#-en unu#{ki}-ga# NIG2? U x x x-e | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | me hal-hal-ne u iszib-ne | |
| 2 | ki za-za-a-ne a-tu5-a-tu5-a-ne susbu2{+be2}-e-ne | |
| 3 | iti-da esz3 gal-e ex (|ITI.DU|)-ne musz3 nu-tum2-mu-ne szesz-zu nam-en-sze3 szu mu-un-ga2-ga2-a | |
| 4 | u4-bi-a imin he2-en-na-me-esz imin he2-en-na-me-esz | |
| 5 | szir3 du11-du11 unu{ki}-ga imin-me-esz | |
| 6 | zabala{ki} ad sza4-sza4 ninnu-me-esz | |
| 7 | e-ne-ne an-na mul zu-me-esz ki har-ra-an zu-me-esz | |
| 8 | an-na mul zu murub4 il2-la-me-esz | |
| 9 | e-ne-ne szir3 im-zi-zi-ne szir3 im-ga2-ga2-ne | |
| 10 | szir3-e sag-bi nu-mu-un-ne-pa3-ne | |
| 11 | ad-da ki-gub-ba nu-mu-un-ga2-ga2-me-esz | |
| 12 | nin9 banda3{+da} murub4-bi-a ti-la gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e | |
| 13 | gaba ba-da-ab-gu-la gaba ba-da-ab#-[...] gu3 mu-un#-[...] | |
| 14 | me-e-de3 szir3 im#-zi#-zi#-ne e#?-ne#?-ne#? [...]-ga2#-ga2#-ze2-en | |
| 15 | [...]-bi#?-a nu-mu-un-ti | |
| 16 | [...] x-ma-ka mu-un-ti | |
| 17 | [...] x-ma kur ku3 za-gin3-a-ka KA dim-ma?-ba? mu-un-ti | |
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)
- 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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