CDLI Literary 000380, ex. 024 (P346215)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000380, ex. 024 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346215 |
| 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' | ... the provider(? i.e., the king?) ... |
| obverse 2' | ... the provider(?) ... |
| obverse 3' | Its standing/serving ... like a supreme ration ... |
| obverse 4' | At its great gate Enlil stood the door (open) in the wind(?) |
| obverse 5' | In Ur, no one went towards food, no one went towards water |
| obverse 6' | The people were circling around like water poured into a well/pond |
| obverse 7' | Its strength was not present in its aura(?) and thus its strength did not dwell (there)(?) |
| obverse 8' | Enlil made starvation (in the form of?) an evil person dwell in the city |
| obverse 9' | He made that which destroys cities, that which destroys temples, dwell in the city |
| obverse 10' | He made that which before it a weapon does not stand (against) dwell in the city |
| obverse 11' | He made the hungry/unsatfisfied and the eye-roller dwell in the city |
| obverse 12' | In Ur, even (the fear/disdain of) head shaking like a single planted reed was not established |
| obverse 13' | Its people took refuge like a caught fish |
| obverse 14' | Meager and great alike spread out, no one arose/was mustered |
| obverse 15' | The king(?) was mounted atop the gate tower(?), there was no food there for him |
| obverse 16' | The king who had ate and drank good things, (had to now) clutch at a (mere) ration(?) |
| obverse 17' | The sun was clouded over, (one) was being envious/watching(?) and knew fasting |
| obverse 18' | There was no beer in the “house of the plain"(!?), its ... was not present |
| obverse 19' | There was no food for him in his palace, it was not good(?) for dwelling |
| obverse 20' | His supreme storehouse was not filled with grain, no one could take refuge there(?) |
| obverse 21' | (The) grain (goddess) was not present in the large and small grain heaps |
| obverse 22' | The afternoon meal of the gods was not? eaten, funerary offerings(?) ... |
| obverse 23' | In the great banquet the honeyed liquor and ... wine ceased? |
| obverse 24' | The giriPAa knife that consumes oxen and sheep ... |
| obverse 25' | In the great oven the oxen and sheep were not being prepared (i.e., roasted?), one could no longer smell it(?) |
| obverse 26' | The cry/breath of the “pure-armed” bursag building/functionary(?) stopped(?) |
| obverse 27' | The temple that had once belowed like a bull ... silently |
| obverse 28' | ... did not execute deliveries properly, ... |
| obverse 29' | The millstone, the mortar, and the pestle sat idle, no one bends down towards them |
| obverse 30' | In the lapis harbor of Nanna (boats?) were “bound in the water” (due to silt?) |
| obverse 31' | The water of the prow did not scream(?), it did not cast joy? |
| obverse 32' | Sand(?) was piled up in the unuRIbanda building/shrine of Nanna |
| obverse 33' | The ... rushes grew, the ... rushes grew, the reed of mourning(?) grew |
| obverse 34' | Boats and barges quit the shining harbor |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] u2-a# ba#-szi#-in#-[...] | |
| 2' | [... u2]-a# ba-szi-in-x-[...] | |
| 3' | [...] gub#-bu-bi szukur2 mah-gin7 ba-e-x-[...] | |
| 4' | [...] abul#-la mah {gesz}ig im-ma bi2-[...] | |
| 5' | [...]-ma lu2 u2-sze3 nu-DU lu2 a-sze3 nu-DU# | |
| 6' | ug3# a# tul8-la2 de2-a-gin7 szu i3-nigin-ne | |
| 7' | usu#-bi ni2-bi-a nu-gal2 ne3-bi ba-ra-an-tusz# | |
| 8' | [{d}]en#-lil2-le sza3-gar lu2 nig2-hul iri-a ba-an-da-tusz#!? | |
| 9' | nig2# iri gul-gul-e nig2 e2 gul-gul-e iri-a ba-an-da-tusz# | |
| 10' | nig2# igi-bi-ta {gesz}tukul# la-ba-gub-bu-a iri-a ba-an-da-tusz# | |
| 11' | sza3# nu-si-si igi-nigin-nigin-bi iri-a ba-an-da-tusz# | |
| 12' | uri2{ki}-ma gi dili du3-a-gin7 sag# sag3-ge nu-ga2-[...] | |
| 13' | ug3#-bi ku6 szu dab5-ba-gin7 zi-bi mi-ni-in-tum3#-[...] | |
| 14' | tur# mah-bi i3-bara2-bara2-ge-esz lu2 nu-um-zi-zi#-[...] | |
| 15' | lugal#-bi dub-la2 u5-a nig2-gu7 la-ba-na-gal2# | |
| 16' | lugal# nig2-sa6-ga gu7 nag-a szukur2-re im-ma-an-[...] | |
| 17' | [...] im#-szu2-szu2 igi im-la2-e sza3-ka-tab i3-zu-zu# | |
| 18' | [...]-edin#-na kasz nu-gal2 gid2!?-da-bi nu-um-gal2#? | |
| 19' | [...] nig2#-gu7# la-ba-na-gal2 tusz-u3-bi nu-du10#? | |
| 20' | [ga2]-nun#? mah#?-[a]-ni sze nu-um-si-si zi-bi# la-ba-szi-in#-[...] | |
| 21' | gur7# du6# gur7 [masz] {d#}nanna-kam {d}asznan nu-x-[...] | |
| 22' | kin2#-sig dingir-re-ne#?-[...]-x-gu7#? ki#?-si-ga ba-x-[...] | |
| 23' | unu2#? gal-ba kurun2 lal3 gesztin x [...] x [...] | |
| 24' | giri2#-PA-a gu4 udu gu7#? gu4 x [...] | |
| 25' | gir4# mah-ba gu4 udu i3-x-[...] | |
| 26' | bur#-sag a2# sikil {d}nanna-kam [...] | |
| 27' | e2 gu4#-gin7 gu3 bi2-in-du11#-[...] | |
| 28' | mu-DU ku3-ga si nu-mu-un#-[...] | |
| 29' | {na4}kin2 {gesz}naga3 {gesz}gan-[na ...] | |
| 30' | kar {na4}za-gin3 {d}nanna#-[...] | |
| 31' | a#? ma2 sag-ga2-a szex(TU6)# nu#-[...] | |
| 32' | unu2#?-RI-banda3{+da#} [...] | |
| 33' | [{u2}]numun2# SZE3 x [...] | |
| 34' | [...] kar [...] | |
| 35' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 36' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 37' | [...] x [...] | |
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