UET 6, 0031 (P346116)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346116 |
| 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' | ... offspring ... |
| obverse 3' | ... founded/leaning, my liver/lungs are not ... |
| obverse 4' | ... was not seizing |
| obverse 5' | If ... is ... in (his) intellect(?), my mother does not rejoice |
| obverse 6' | ... the/its youth has not been satisfied by the charms |
| obverse 7' | ... would that ... restrain ... in the mouth |
| obverse 8' | ... and was weeping bitterly |
| obverse 9' | ... the youth, the one who fought back tears(?) |
| obverse 10' | ... my youth has not been satisfied by the charms |
| obverse 11' | ... my birth mother |
| obverse 12' | ... released ... |
| reverse 2' | ... was giving advice |
| reverse 3' | ... a man who is married should not acquire .../marry more(?) |
| reverse 4' | ... a man who is married should not acquire/marry more(?) |
| reverse 7' | ... beautiful features/figure ... |
| reverse 8' | ... a man who is married ... |
| reverse 9' | .... youth/might ... |
| reverse 12' | ... you will/... you, does not ... |
| reverse 14' | ... you will/... you |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] li-li KA la#?-[...] | |
| 3' | [...] x us2!?-sa HAR-gu10 nu#?-[...]-e | |
| 4' | [...] x-la? nu-dab5-be2 | |
| 5' | [...] x dim2-ma hu-mu-ni-us2 ama-gu10 nu-hul2-la | |
| 6' | [...] la-la gurusz-bi nu-mu-un-gi4#-a | |
| 7' | [...] ka-ge4 nu-usz-gul#-e#? | |
| 8' | [...]-szi#-ib2-RI-RI er2 gig i3-szesz2-szesz2 | |
| 9' | [...] gurusz-e lu2 a gul-e | |
| 10' | [... la]-la gurusz-gu10 nu-mu-un-gi4-a | |
| 11' | [...] ama tu-u4-da-gu10 | |
| 12' | [...] ba#?-ra-ni?-duh | |
| 13' | [...] x-la#? nu-x-[...] | |
| 14' | [...] | |
| 15' | [...] | |
| 16' | [...]-u4?-en | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x ma#?-ab-se3-se3#?-[...] | |
| 2' | [...] ad mi-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | |
| 3' | [...] x lu2 dam? tuku na-an-tuku-tuku | |
| 4' | [...] x lu2 dam#? tuku na#-an#-tuku#-tuku | |
| 5' | [...] nam x x [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x [...] | |
| 7' | [...] alan# sa6-ga x [...] x | |
| 8' | [...] lu2 dam? tuku# [...] | |
| 9' | [...] x nam-kal IM#? [...] | |
| 10' | [...] x di# MU#? [...] | |
| 11' | [...] x x [...] x [...] | |
| 12' | [...]-ze2-en x nu-mu-[...] | |
| 13' | [...] x EN x nu-mu-[...] | |
| 14' | [...]-x-en-ze2-en# [...] | |
| 15' | [...] EZEN#? x x [...] | |
| 16' | [...] x [...] | |
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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