CDLI Literary 000396, ex. 013 (P346167)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000396, ex. 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346167 |
| 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 | (I) have known (how to impose) the meaning of the words “I am not freed” |
| obverse 2 | My words are the finest of pressed/high quality oils |
| obverse 3 | A heart that burns like fire--(I) have known its cooling |
| obverse 4 | One will weigh (my) words against(?) a man excessive in words |
| obverse 5 | I am a man of the most precious things |
| obverse 6 | The importance of being humbled is appreciated by me |
| obverse 7 | One cannot slander/alter(?) anything of mine(?) |
| obverse 8 | By the word of An and Enlil |
| obverse 9 | (I) shall cover (my) mouth (in submission) for the life of the homeland and the life of the foreign lands |
| obverse 10 | I am their unceasing one, their unfailing one |
| obverse 11 | (I!) too have known how to serve the gods |
| obverse 12 | (I) have known the cooling place(!?) of the Anuna |
| obverse 13 | I am Shulgi, whose great neck grows thick in princeliness |
| obverse 14 | When(?) I am able to have great things |
| obverse 15 | Rejoicing is able to be (in) my heart |
| obverse 16 | I am one who will not cast that which is being brought to an end aside |
| reverse 1' | (Or) a single king from(?) ancient times |
| reverse 2' | Thus I am not plotting(?) violence against him |
| reverse 3' | (That which accrued) after mankind was placed from heaven (on the earth)(?) |
| reverse 4' | I am not a barbarian(!) regarding (this) accumulated(?) knowledge |
| reverse 5' | From cultic songs of the (present?) time to ancient ones of distant days(?) |
| reverse 6' | Therefore when I ... the tigi and zamzam songs/instruments(?) |
| reverse 7' | At no time have I chosen them/uttered(?) falsely or blocked them in the mouth |
| reverse 8' | Therefore I have inquired after these ancient things and not given them over to be abandoned |
| reverse 9' | Therefore I made my širgida songs manifest in my good palace/temple |
| reverse 10' | Therefore the ... of the tigi and zamzam songs/instruments, everything, I embedded in (my) memory(?) |
| reverse 11' | That which was thus not dropped from the hand |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | ama#-gi4 nu-me-en sza3 inim#-[...] | |
| 2 | inim-gu10# sag i3 li#-[...] | |
| 3 | sza3 izi-gin7 bar7-ra-am3 [...] | |
| 4 | inim-ma lu2 inim-ma# diri-ga# [...] | |
| 5 | nig2 kal-kal-la ga2-e lu2-[...] | |
| 6 | sun5-na dugud-bi sag#-[...] | |
| 7 | nig2-na-me-<gu10>-u8 la-ba-an#-[...] | |
| 8 | inim an-na inim {d}en-lil2-la2#-[...] | |
| 9 | zi kalam-ma zi kur-kur-ra-ka giri17 szu x-x-gal2 | |
| 10 | ga2-la nu-dag#-ge musz3 nu-tum2-bi-me-en | |
| 11 | dingir-re-e-ne gub-ba in-ga-an-zu | |
| 12 | {d}a-nun-na-ke4-e-ne ki#? sed4#!?-bi mu-zu | |
| 13 | {d}szul-gi nam-nun-na gu2 gal pesz11#-a-me-en | |
| 14 | nig2 gal-gal-la a-ba-da-ab-gal2-la-an#? | |
| 15 | sza3#?-gu10#? hul2-la ba-da-am3-gal2-la# | |
| 16 | [...]-dag#-ge#? bar#?-x x-x-be2#-me#-en | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | lugal# u4# [...]-a#-asz#? disz#?-[...] | |
| 2' | sza3-gu10 nig2-a2-zi ba-ra-mu-un#-na#-ta#?-x-x | |
| 3' | nam-lu2-lu7 an-ta si-ga-a-ta | |
| 4' | gesztu2 dab5-dab5-ba na-ga2#-ga2 nu-me-en | |
| 5' | en3-du u4-bi-a-ta# libir-ra u4 ul-a-asz | |
| 6' | tigi za-am-za-am szu IGI DU-gu10-ne | |
| 7' | u4 na-a-me# lul-sze3 ba-ra-bi2-pa3# ka-ge ba-ra-bi2-gi | |
| 8' | nig2 libir-ra en3 he2-bi2-tar-tar szub-bu-de3 ba-ra-bi2-szum2 | |
| 9' | szir3-gid2-da-ga2 e2 du10-ga-ga2 pa e3#? [...] | |
| 10' | tigi za-am-za-am x-bi#? [...] gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)#-ga [...] | |
| 11' | nig2#? x-x [...] ba#-ra#-szub#?-[...] | |
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