UET 6, 0074 (P346159)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0074 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346159 |
| 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' | ..., no (other) god acts like him |
| obverse 2' | ..., wise (with his) responses, open minded one, (his) way <cannot be?> dispersed(!?), his utterance ... |
| obverse 3' | ... (possessor of a) face exuding allure, pure ..., stretched-out form(?), a statue(?) inlaid with(?) ... |
| obverse 4' | ... in an aura, lighting up with an aura brightly like the day |
| obverse 5' | Supreme ..., ornament of the temple of An(?), for the great gods his (attentive) silence(?) ... |
| obverse 6' | Supervisor of the (mortal) rulers, his word is unreachable within the heights(?) of the universe, ... |
| obverse 7' | ... hero, god who regularly (furnishes offerings!?) ..., holy lagar vizier(?), bringing attention to the command(?) ... |
| obverse 8' | ... suitable for admiration, whose limbs bearing happiness ..., a beautiful stature that has not(?) ... |
| obverse 9' | Examining the content of important speech(?) (and then) begets (additional) words (i.e., revises?) while leaving (the message intact), who betters(?) the secret of the universe (which reside?) in the mind of An(?), and the foremost cosmic powers |
| obverse 10' | Advocate and kingal overseer of the Anuna gods, who was bestowed knowledge of everything by Enki |
| obverse 11' | Foremost of the great princes (Igigi), (possessing) excessive and surpassing knowledge, without him An and Enlil(?) do not issue orders to the great gods |
| obverse 12' | True god, beloved by holy An, paying attention to ...(?), guardian of life-giving force who loves to sustain(?), ... |
| obverse 13' | Ninšubur, lord whom the lamma protective spirits have as (their) (personal) god(?), who has known compassion and mercy, to my king, when you repeat(?) to him |
| obverse 14' | Putting a good word to the heart of Inanna, before An the great gods have paid attention to(?) his utterance |
| obverse 15' | Raising the scepter, issuing commands, clad in(?) the ritual arrangements(?), his(?) advice giving(?) face charming(?) with pleasure and allure |
| obverse 16' | ..., his cosmic powers are purer than (other) cosmic powers(?), (its) skillful way/decree supremely surpassing(?), ... in totality everything ... |
| obverse 17' | Holy? Ninšubur, taking counsel (with) Inanna, undoing punshment, the one “struck upon the hand,” murgig disease(?) ... |
| obverse 18' | ... listening to ..., his(!) praying/good words never disparaging(?), ... sin(?) |
| obverse 19' | ... when you (say it) a 3rd time(?) to my king |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] LUH#? x [...] dingir#? na#-me# e#-ne-gin7 nu-mu-ni-in-dim2 [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ba#-an-gi4 gal-an-zu gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)#!? bad a-ra2 sag2 ka ba-ni x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x musz3# hi-li su3 TAB-NIG2 sikil-la# alan nir-nir alan gar-ra x [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x me-lam2-ma hu-hu-ul su3#?-ag2#?-bi u4-gin7 i-lim kar2-kar2 [...] | |
| 5' | [...] x mah me-te e2 an-ka#? dingir gal#-gal-e-ne-er gesz-la2-ni x [...] | |
| 6' | [sag]-en3#-tar barax(|BARA2xIGI|)-bara2-ke4-ne inim-ma-ni gu2-an an-ki-a za3 nu-sza4 TUR MUSZ3 [...] | |
| 7' | [...] x DU? ur-sag AN sa2-e KA lagar? ku3 a2? ag2# igi zu-zu x x [...] ga2? [...] | |
| 8' | [...] di? u6 di du7-a me-dim2-bi# la-la gur3 sukud sa6-ge#? [...] nu#?-ub!?-du11 | |
| 9' | [du11]-ga dugud sza3#? bar# tam-me inim u3#!?-tu tak4 ad-hal an-ki sza3 an me nun [...]-sa6# | |
| 10' | ka#?-mud-gal2 kingal {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne {d}en-ki? ku3-zu nig2-nam [...] sag#-e-esz rig7#-[...] | |
| 11' | za3#-e3 nun-gal-e-ne umun2#? diri dab e-ne-da nu {d}en-lil2#?-le#? dingir gal-gal-e-ne-er a2 ag2 nu-szum2-szum2-mu# | |
| 12' | dingir#? zi ki ag2 an ku3-ga du5?-e gesz tuku uri3#? zi-sza3#-gal2#?-ka#? ti-le-de3 ki ag2# [...] | |
| 13' | {d#}nin-szubur# en {d}lammax(DAG)-{d#}lammax(DAG) dingir-sze3 tuku arhusz sza3 gur#!?-ru mu-un-zu-a lugal-gu10-ur2 u3#-[ne-de3-tah] | |
| 14' | sza3#? {d}inanna inim sa6-ge igi# an ku3-ga-sze3!? ka ba-ni dingir gal-gal-e-ne gizzal im-[...] | |
| 15' | [{gesz}]gidri il2 a2 ag2 di-ir-ga za3 kesz2 musz3 ad gal2-bi ul hi-li inim? gun3 | |
| 16' | [...] GIRI16 me-ni me-ta szen a-ra2 galam-ma-bi mah dab?-ba kilib3-sze3 nig2-nam# x x x [...] | |
| 17' | [...] {d#}nin-szubur sza3# kusz2#-u3 {d}inanna szul-a-lum du8-du8 szu-a-ra mur gig-ga sag x [...] | |
| 18' | [...] x [...] gesz# tuku inim sa6-ge-bi nu-kar2-kar2 nam-tag#? [...] | |
| 19' | [...] x x zi#-zi lugal#?-gu10#?-ur2#? u3#-ne-de3#-[pesz] | |
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