CDLI Literary 000382, ex. 004 (P346148)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000382, ex. 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346148 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| reverse 2' | Its baliff/lurker, though not an enemy, ... another place |
| reverse 3' | The great gods cut ..., they stood outside |
| reverse 4' | They roamed in the mountain range, the plain with howling? phantoms ... |
| reverse 5' | They abandoned the praised(?) city/city built in peace(?) on account of (a lack of) eating and drinking/hunger and thirst(?) |
| reverse 6' | In the meadow(?) ... howled and brought out/intoned a lament |
| reverse 7' | The deliberations of the elders and juniors ... before ... the utterance(?) ... |
| reverse 11' | ... where(?) ...? |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] lu2-erim2 nu-[...] kur2 im-ma-an#?-[...] | |
| 3' | [...]-bi#-ne HAR im-ze#-[...] bar#-ta ba-su8-ge#?-[...] | |
| 4' | [...] bar# im-ma-an-dab5-be2-esz edin# lil2#?-[...] | |
| 5' | [...] silim# du3-a gu7-a nag-bi-sze3 x [...] im-mi-in-szub-[...] | |
| 6' | [...] x-ma dum-dam mu-ni-in-[...] giri16-lu im-mi-in-e3#-[...] | |
| 7' | [...] lu2#? banda3{+da} sza3 kusz2-u3-bi [...] igi-sze3 ka ba x [...] | |
| 8' | [...] x mu-un-bar-re#-[...] bi2#-ib2-HI-HI-[...] | |
| 9' | [...] x-bi ba-BU x [...] | |
| 10' | [...]-mi#?-ib2-du11-ge# [...] | |
| 11' | [...] du3#?-a me-a [...] | |
| 12' | [...] x [...] | |
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)
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