CDLI Literary 000736, ex. 010 (P346160)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000736, ex. 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346160 |
| 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 | That man in(?) the “house of the woman"(?) is something that is cared for(?) |
| obverse 2 | In(?) the dust of my(!?) house his “true"(?) garment ... |
| obverse 3 | The young man has not ... his god |
| obverse 4 | My house (brings) the sky/god(?) (down for the man) as if seized by liquor (i.e., drunk?) |
| obverse 5 | Snakes and scorpions have filled the darkened house with stunned silence |
| obverse 6 | His spouse has laid the warp (for) the garment(?), (she and the other weavers?) are to serve him(?) |
| reverse 1 | Nungal, the lady of the prison |
| reverse 2 | Praise! |
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 | lu2 e2 munus-e nig2 mi2 du11-ga | |
| 2 | sahar e2-ga2-na tug2 gin6-na-a-ni#? x x | |
| 3 | sul dingir-ra-a-ni x# la-ba-ni-x | |
| 4 | e2-gu10 kurun dab5!-ba-gin7 lu2 AN | |
| 5 | musz gir2 e2 ku10-ku10-ga nig2-me-gar su13#?-ga | |
| 6 | dam-a-ni tug2 ba#-an#?-dun#? mu-un-szi-su8#?-ge-de3-esz | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {d}nun-gal nin e2-kur-ra# | |
| 2 | za3-mi2 | |
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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