CDLI Literary 000335, ex. 048 (P346205)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000335, ex. 048 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346205 |
| 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 | In those distant days when fate was determined |
| obverse 2 | It was the year (of) abundance fathered by An |
| obverse 3 | When the people split (through) the earth like vegetation |
| obverse 4 | The lord of the Abzu, king Enki |
| obverse 5 | Enki, the lord who is to determine fate |
| obverse 6 | Built his temple (with) the combination of(?) silver and lapis |
| obverse 7 | The silver and lapis was something that (lit. of) glowing sunlight |
| obverse 8 | He made(?) rosette/star decorations(?) in shrine Abzu |
| obverse 9 | In the pure cultic space/crown(?) that was ..., coming out from the Abzu |
| obverse 10 | ... stood for/served lord Nudimmud |
| obverse 11 | He built the temple in silver, he made it sparkle it in lapis |
| reverse 1 | He adorned it(!?) greatly in gold |
| reverse 2 | He built(?) the ... on the riverbank |
| reverse 3 | Its brick work speaks words and gives advice(!?) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | u4 ri-a nam ba-tar-ra-ba | |
| 2 | mu he2-<gal2> an u3-tu-da-kam#? | |
| 3 | ug3-e u2-szim!-gin7 ki in-dar#?-[...] | |
| 4 | en abzux(DE2) lugal {d}en-ki-ke4 | |
| 5 | {d}en-ki-ke4 en nam tar-tar-re-e-[...] | |
| 6 | e2-a-ni ku3 {na4}za-gin3-na tesz2-bi ba-ni-in-du3! | |
| 7 | ku3 {na4}za-gin3-bi u4 kar2-kar2-ka# | |
| 8 | esz3-e abzux(DE2)-a ul im-ma-ni-in-du3 | |
| 9 | musz3 ku3 ZAG du11-ga abzux(DE2)-ta e3-x | |
| 10 | en {d}nu#-dim2#-mud-ra mu-un-na-su8-su8#-[...] | |
| 11 | e2# ku3-ga i-ni-in-du3 {na4}za-gin3-na i-ni-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x x ku3-sig17#?-ga#? [...] ba#-ni-x-x | |
| 2 | x x gu2#-a bi2#-x-x-[...] | |
| 3 | szeg12#-bi# inim# du11#-x-x x x gi4-[...] | |
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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