UET 6, 0028 (P346113)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0028 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346113 |
| 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 | In distant times, so that Enki founded/demarcated ...(!?) by means of abundance |
| obverse 2 | So that “its Enlil"(?) resided in a supreme dwelling, in order to purify its inner sanctum/banquet hall |
| obverse 3 | In order to give distributed rations to the great gods, to behold(?) their shrines |
| obverse 4 | In order to establish good siskur rituals/prayers for the Anuna, in order to ... from/at? the Dukug |
| obverse 5 | So that Nanna, who comes out in the zenith of heaven, shines(?), so that the supreme horns illuminate the darkness |
| obverse 6 | So that Utu fills the horizon with great awe, so that ... |
| obverse 7 | In order to incise designs, in order to return the land to its place |
| obverse 8 | So that both the Tigris and Euphrates return(?) from/by means of the spring (i.e., Abzu?), in order to bring the high flood in their midst |
| obverse 9 | In order to set the sea and the seashore(?) in order, so that lord Dilimbabbar goes to the Ekur |
| obverse 10 | So that the offshoot rises, so that barley grows, so that lord Dilimbabbar goes to the Ekur at the month at the beginning of the year |
| obverse 11 | So that fishes and birds teem in the marshland, so that the net ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | u4#? ri#?-a he2-gal2-la-ta {d}en-ki-ke4 UN x ki gar-ra? x x-da | |
| 2 | {d}en#-lil2!-bi? ki-tusz mah-a tusz!-u3-de3 unu#-bi sikil-e-de3 | |
| 3 | dingir gal-gal-e-ne-er kur6 hal-ha szum2-mu-de3 ki-szu-pesz11-bi u6#? di#? | |
| 4 | {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne-er siskurx(AMAR) du10? ga2-ga2-de3 du6-ku3-ta#? x x x | |
| 5 | {d}nanna an-pa e3 mu2-mu2-de3 si mah-bi mul!-sig7 zalag-ge-de3 | |
| 6 | {d}utu an-ur2-ra ni2 gal gur3-ru-de3 KA? x x KA x x x-de3# | |
| 7 | gesz-hur-ne sar-sar-de3 kalam ki-bi-sze3 gi4-gi4-de3 | |
| 8 | {i7}idigna {i7}buranun{ki}-bi-ta!? idim-ta!? gur?-gur?-de3 sza3-bi-a a-u5-ba tum4-de3 | |
| 9 | a-ab!-ba gu2 ab?-ke4? <<ke4?>> si? sa2?-de3 en {d}dil-imx(DU)-babbar-re e2-kur-sze3 du-de3 | |
| 10 | {gesz}henbur zi-de3 sze mu2-mu2-de3 iti za3 mu-ta en {d}dil-imx(DU)-babbar-re# e2-kur-sze3 du-de3 | |
| 11 | ambar-ra ku6 muszen# lu-lu-de3 sa <...> | |
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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