UET 6, 0088 + 0538 (P346173)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0088 + 0538 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346173 |
| 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 2' | ... fashioning ... surveying the shrines(?) |
| obverse 3' | ... his own ..., who does not possess a caretaking god |
| obverse 4' | ..., supreme and surpassing(?), authoritative one of the Anuna |
| obverse 5' | ..., the one who gives abundance of (i.e., to?) the rulers |
| obverse 6' | ... placing(?) abundance on earth |
| obverse 7' | ... when ... greatly from/by means of the pure ... |
| obverse 8' | ... spoke ..., ... the heart |
| obverse 9' | ... the breast/teat(?) of distant heaven(?), the base ... |
| obverse 10' | ... when he(?) ... from/by means of(?) a broad ..., everything ... |
| reverse 2' | ... of(?) the gods ... |
| reverse 3' | ... may ... towards the mountain range |
| reverse 4' | ... may its(?) heart rejoice, may they ... |
| reverse 5' | ... may your ... be a pure mountain range |
| reverse 6' | May ... relax in its ... |
| reverse 7' | When/after/because ... fashions ..., in/of the city of kingship |
| reverse 8' | ... you will ... greatly |
| reverse 10' | ... limbs ... |
| reverse 12' | ... kingship ... |
| reverse 13' | ... may ... listen to its command(?) |
| reverse 14' | ... in order to revive the dead man ... |
| reverse 15' | May/if ..., who/a person ... |
| reverse 16' | ... in/of the Abzu, work and craftsmanship/creation(?) ... |
| reverse 17' | ... Utu ... in the daytime(?) |
| reverse 18' | ... together ... |
| reverse 20' | They are indeed(?) ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] x x | |
| 2' | [...] x dim2#-me ki?-szu#?-pesz#? igi zu-zu | |
| 3' | [...]-x ni2-te-na dingir en3 tar#-tar# nu-tuku | |
| 4' | [...] x mah dab nir-gal2 {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne# | |
| 5' | [...] x he2-gal2 szum2-mu bara2-bara2-ge2-ne-ke4 | |
| 6' | [...] x nam-he2 ki-a gar-[...] | |
| 7' | [...] x bar sikil-ta gal-le-esz u3#?-[...]-ti | |
| 8' | [...] x-na gu3 bi2-in-de2 sza3 x [...]-x-in-ak | |
| 9' | [...] ubur#? an su13-da-ke4 ur2 x [...] | |
| 10' | [...] x dagal-la-ta? KA-ga-na nig2-nam#? [...] | |
| 11' | [...] x-a x [...] | |
| 12' | [...] x-NE#? [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x dingir-re-e-ne#-[...] | |
| 3' | [...] hur-sag-sze3 he2-en-na#-[...] | |
| 4' | [...] sza3#-bi#? he2-hul2 hu-mu-ra-ke4-e-ne | |
| 5' | [...]-zu hur-sag sikil-la he2-a | |
| 6' | [...] x-ba ni2 ha-ma-ab-dub2-bu-ne | |
| 7' | [...] x iri nam-lugal-la u3-mu#-ni-in-dim2 | |
| 8' | [...] gal-le-esz# [...]-re-en | |
| 9' | [...] x [...]-ne | |
| 10' | [...] x me-dim2 [...]-ne | |
| 11' | [...] x-ra gu2? x mu#-ra-x-x-ne | |
| 12' | [...] nam-lugal he2-x-x | |
| 13' | [...] du11-ga-bi-sze3 gesz ha-ba-[...] | |
| 14' | [...] lu2 usz2-a til2-i-da KA# [...] | |
| 15' | [...] x-ba he2-a lu2 UD x-bi? [...] | |
| 16' | [...] abzu-a kin2 szu dim2-ma x [...] | |
| 17' | [...] {d}utu#? u4-da x [...] | |
| 18' | [...] tesz2-a x? ba-ni-in-[...] | |
| 19' | [...] x ha-ba-x lu2 {na4?}[...] | |
| 20' | [...] na-nam-me-esz lu2 [...] | |
| 21' | [...] AN ke4 nam [...] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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