CDLI Literary 000380, ex. 016 (P346210)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000380, ex. 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346210 |
| 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 order to overturn the day, in order to destroy the plans |
| obverse 2 | The storm ravages like a stormwind |
| obverse 3 | In order to overturn the me of Sumer |
| obverse 4 | In order to confine the good reign in its house |
| obverse 5 | In order to destroy the city, in order to destroy the temple |
| obverse 6 | In order to destroy the cattlepen, in order to flatten the sheepfold |
| obverse 7 | So that the ox does not does not stand in its cattlepen |
| obverse 8 | So that the sheep does not expand (in number?) in the sheepfold |
| obverse 9 | So that the canal irrigates with (only) brackish water |
| obverse 10 | So that hirin grass grows in the fertile field |
| obverse 11 | So that the “lamentation plant” grows in the plain |
| obverse 12 | So that the mother does not seek the whereabouts of her child |
| reverse 2' | An terrified within the dwelling of Sumer, the people were frightened |
| reverse 3' | Enlil made a painful day elapse, silence befell the city |
| reverse 4' | Nintur set (open?) the bolt (in the street) at the women's quarters of the land |
| reverse 5' | Enki bound up the water away from the Tigris and Euphrates |
| reverse 6' | ... 1st "long-tablet" (in a series) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [...] gesz-hur ha-lam-me-[de3] | |
| 2 | [...] tesz2#-bi i3-gu7-e#? | |
| 3 | [...]-gi#-ra# szu bala ak-de3 | |
| 4 | [...] sa6#-ga e2-ba gi4-gi4-de3 | |
| 5 | [...] gul#-gul-lu-de3 e2 gul-gul-lu#-de3 | |
| 6 | [...] gul-gul-lu-de3 amasz tab-tab#-[be2]-de3 | |
| 7 | [gu4]-bi# tur3-bi-a nu-gub-bu-de3 | |
| 8 | [udu]-bi# amasz-a nu-dagal-e-de3 | |
| 9 | [i7]-de3 a mun4-na tum2-mu-de3# | |
| 10 | [...] zi-de3 {u2}hirim mu2-mu2-de3# | |
| 11 | [...] u2 a-nir mu2-mu2#-[de3] | |
| 12 | [...]-ni#-ir ki# nu#-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ki#-tusz-ba bi2#-in#-hu#-luh# ug3#-[...] | |
| 3' | [...] u4# gig-ga mu-un-zal iri{ki}-a# [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ama5 kalam-ma-ka {gesz}ig-szu-ur2# [...] | |
| 5' | [...] {i7#}idigna {i7}buranun-na a# [...] | |
| 6' | [... im]-gid2-da 1(disz)-kam-ma | |
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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