CDLI Literary 000638, ex. 002 (P346207)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000638, ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346207 |
| 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 | Flourishing ..., ... his birth mother |
| obverse 2 | Brother(!?) with a beautiful face, he has advised his father |
| obverse 3 | May you be our brother, may you be our brother |
| obverse 4 | May you be our ... of/at the gate of the palace |
| obverse 5 | May you be our lord of the prow of the barge |
| obverse 6 | May you be our captain of the chariot |
| obverse 7 | May you be our groom who runs (alongside?) the chariot |
| obverse 8 | May you be our city elder who decides cases |
| obverse 9 | Son-in-law ..., son-in-law ... |
| obverse 10 | Brother, may you be the son-in-law(!?) of(?) our father |
| obverse 11 | May you be our son-in-law whose neck is raised |
| reverse 1 | May my mother say good things with you(? i.e. converse) |
| reverse 2 | Your having come is indeed life |
| reverse 3 | When you enter the house, it is abundance |
| reverse 4 | "I want to lie down” is my surpassing rejoicing |
| reverse 5 | My sweet, let (us?) delight ourselves(!?) in the bedroom |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | x# lam-lam-ma [...] | |
| 2 | SZA3 i-bi2 sa6-sa6# [...] ad mu-un#-[...] | |
| 3 | szesz-me he2-me-en# [...] | |
| 4 | uri3 ka2! e2-gal#-[...] | |
| 5 | u3-mu-un si# [...] | |
| 6 | nu-banda3 {gesz}gigir2-[...] | |
| 7 | szusz3 {gesz}gigir2 sar-sar#?-[...] | |
| 8 | ad-da iri di ku5#-ru#?-[...] | |
| 9 | mussa NE-DU mussa# [...] | |
| 10 | szesz mussa ad#-da#-[...] | |
| 11 | mussa gu2 zi-ga-me he2#-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ama-gu10 nig2-ze2-ba hu-mu-u8-da-[...] | |
| 2 | im-ma-gen-na-zu na-ag2-ti na-nam# | |
| 3 | e2 ku4-ra-zu he2-gal2-la-am3# | |
| 4 | da-nu2-da hul2-la diri#-[...] | |
| 5 | ze2-ba-gu10 ki-nu2-x ze2-ba-an-ze2-eg3-i-de3-en#? | |
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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