CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 022 (P346134)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 022 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346134 |
| 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 | The lord paid attention to the mountain that sustains man |
| obverse 2 | Lord Gilgamesh paid attention to the mountain that sustains man |
| obverse 3 | He was speaking to his servant Enkidu |
| obverse 4 | Enkidu, the shoulder of(?) a young man has not brought out the limits/secrets(?) of living |
| obverse 5 | I want to enter into the mountain, I want to establish my name |
| obverse 6 | Where a name (can) stand (be inscribed), I want to establish my name |
| obverse 7 | Where a name (cannot) stand (be inscribed), I want to establish the name of the gods |
| obverse 8 | His servant Enkidu was replying |
| obverse 9 | My king, if you are to enter the mountain, Utu should know of it along with us |
| obverse 10 | Utu, the youth Utu, should know of it along with us |
| obverse 11 | The decision of the mountain of cut juniper belongs to the youth Utu, (Utu should know of it along with us) |
| obverse 12 | Gilgamesh took a white goat kid |
| reverse 1 | He clasped a brown goat kid of the mašdaria delivery to his chest |
| reverse 2 | His hand held the pure scepter at his nose |
| reverse 3 | He was calling out to Utu of heaven |
| reverse 4 | Utu, if (I) am to enter into the mountain, will you be my helper? |
| reverse 5 | If (I) am to enter into the mountain of cut juniper, will you be my helper? |
| reverse 6 | Utu from heaven was replying to him |
| reverse 7 | You are of yourself a young man, a native son, what are you to the mountain? |
| reverse 8 | Utu, I want to speak to you, (may) your ear be oriented towards my words |
| reverse 9 | I shall greet you, may (my words) be listened to |
| reverse 10 | In my city, a man dies, and (I) am distressed |
| reverse 11 | One has forgotten a man, and (my) heart is pained |
| reverse 12 | On the city wall, I stretched out my neck(?) |
| reverse 13 | (I) saw a corpse floated by the river(?) <in the water> |
| reverse 14 | But I should not be done thusly! Thus I must be? |
| reverse 15 | A tall man has never stretched to heaven |
| reverse 16 | A broad man has never engulfed the land |
| reverse 17 | I want to enter into the mountain, I want to establish my name |
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 | en-e kur lu2# ti-la-sze3# gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)#-[...] na-an-[...] | |
| 2 | en {d}gilgames3#-e kur# [lu2] ti#-[la-sze3] gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)-ga#-a#-ni [...]-gub# | |
| 3 | ARAD-da-a-ni# en#-ki#-du10#-[...] mu#-na#-[...] | |
| 4 | en-ki-du10 murgu gurusz#? ti-la# la#?-[...]-ra#-an-e3#-[...] | |
| 5 | kur#-ra# ga#-x#-[...] mu-gu10# ga#-[...] | |
| 6 | [...] ga-bi#-ib2#-gub | |
| 7 | [...]-gub#-bu#-ba mu# dingir-re-e-ne ga-bi-ib2-gub | |
| 8 | [ARAD]-da#-a#-ni# en#-[ki]-du10-e#!? inim# mu-ni-ib2-gi4#-gi4# | |
| 9 | lugal-gu10 tukum-bi# kur-ra i-ni-in-ku4-ku4-de3 {d}utu he2#-me#-e-da-zu | |
| 10 | {d!?}utu# szul# {d#}utu he2#-me-e-da-zu | |
| 11 | kur {gesz}erin# ku5# dim2#-ma#-[...] sul {d}utu-kam# | |
| 12 | {d!}gilgames3# masz2 babbar-ra [...]-ni im-mi-in-ti# | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | masz2 su4 masz2-da#?-ri#!?-[...] | |
| 2 | szu-ni {gesz}gidri# ku3#? x# [...]-da#?-gal2 | |
| 3 | {d}utu an-na#-ra#? gu3! mu-na-de2#-[...] | |
| 4 | {d}utu kur-sze3 in#-ku4-ku4-de3 a2-tah-gu10 he2-me-en | |
| 5 | kur {gesz}erin ku5-sze3 in-ku4-ku4-de3# a2-tah-gu10 he2-me-en | |
| 6 | {d#}utu# an#-na#-ta inim mu-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | |
| 7 | [...] ni2#-za he2-me-en kur-ra a-na-bi me-en | |
| 8 | [...] ga#-ra-ab-du11 inim-gu10-usz gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)-zu# | |
| 9 | [...]-ab#-du11 gizzal! he2-em-szi-ak | |
| 10 | [...] lu2 ba-usz2 sza3 ba-sag3 | |
| 11 | [...] u2#-gu# ba#-an-de2 sza3# ba-an-gig | |
| 12 | bad3#-da gu2#-ga2#? [...] im#-ma#-an-la2 | |
| 13 | adda i7 ib2-SI#?-x# [...] igi#? im-ma#-x-x-[...] | |
| 14 | u3 ga2-e ur5-gin7 na-ab-ba-ak#-[...] ur5-sze3 me-en#? | |
| 15 | lu2 sukudx(UZU)-da an-sze3 nu-mu-un#-[...] | |
| 16 | lu2 dagal-la kur-ra# la-ba#-[...] | |
| 17 | kur-ra ga-am3-ku4 mu-gu10# [...] | |
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