UET 6, 0024 (P346109)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0024 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346109 |
| 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 2' | ... prowled(?) |
| obverse 3' | ... struck(?) |
| obverse 4' | ... they are ... |
| obverse 5' | ... they are striking |
| obverse 6' | I/you sit in the dust |
| obverse 7' | ... may ... turn ... |
| obverse 8' | ... seized ... together(?), ... was crying out bitterly(?) |
| obverse 9' | ... bloodily/towards the standard(?) |
| obverse 10' | Give(?) ... |
| obverse 11' | Give(?) ... |
| reverse 1' | When ... entered, (he said?) “... I want to cast fire”(?) |
| reverse 2' | When ... entered, he snatched away the ... of the shepherd |
| reverse 3' | When ... entered, ..., his face sickened/darkened(?) |
| reverse 4' | When ... entered, he tore away ... from his ..., (his) features were changed |
| reverse 5' | When ... entered, (saying?) “... do not carry a billy goat” |
| reverse 6' | When ... entered, ... left the sheep shed |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x x x x | |
| 2' | [...]-an-nigin | |
| 3' | [...]-sag3-ge-esz | |
| 4' | [...] x kesz2?-me-esz | |
| 5' | [...] sag3-sag3-ge-me-esz | |
| 6' | [...] x sahar-ra ba-e-tusz | |
| 7' | [...] du12?-ni-gur-gur#-re | |
| 8' | [...] GISZGAL in szu tesz2-a mu-dab5-be2 [...] a gig-ga i-i | |
| 9' | [...] x urin-na-sze3 | |
| 10' | [...] x-ni szumx(SZE)-ma-ab | |
| 11' | [...]-ni# szumx(SZE)-ma-ab | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [... ku4-ra]-ni [...] x MUSZ3#? NE ga?-an?-szub#? | |
| 2' | [...] ku4#-ra-ni [...] sipa-da-ka-ni szu-ni ba-da-an#?-kar | |
| 3' | [...] ku4-ra-ni [...] ga x KUM-KUM igi-ni ba-gig-gig | |
| 4' | [...]-sze3! ku4-ra-ni [...]-ni?-ta? ba-ra-si-ig uludin2 ba-kur2-kur2 | |
| 5' | [...] ku4#-ra-ni [...] masz2? gal nam-il2 | |
| 6' | [... ku4]-ra#-ni [...] x ga2-udu am3-ta-e3 | |
| 7' | [...] x-gar | |
| 8' | [...]-ga#? | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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