CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 007 (P346240)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346240 |
| 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 5' | Your tongue does not function properly for the Sumerian language |
| obverse 6' | If multiplication (tables) are (i.e., have to be manually) counted(?), you did not (actually) know them |
| obverse 7' | If you (manage to) solve(?) the reciprocals, but the foundation (i.e. basis) is not grasped for you |
| obverse 8' | The problem involving the computation of river silt (volume?)(?) ... is not put in its place for you |
| obverse 9' | The topics/vocabularies(?) of the art of the scribal student |
| obverse 10' | By your hand they are produced(?) |
| obverse 11' | (But) when ... asks after you, (they say(?)) “do not entrust(?) it (your tablet?) (to anyone?)” |
| obverse 12' | (Possessor) of a hand that is not good that is not read aloud in the school (lit. place of the scribal art) |
| obverse 13' | Idiot who attempts(?) to remove(!?) parasites and is dying from hunger |
| obverse 14' | Going along with(?) parasites and ..., debt(?) is your appropriate thing (i.e., debt typifies you?) |
| obverse 15' | You are (really) my opponent? |
| obverse 16' | Why would I not be your opponent? |
| obverse 17' | Idiot, liar (who is like a) rider of a distant land |
| obverse 18' | Ox with crippled hips, lying down in the yoke |
| obverse 19' | Ox that is distressed by means of (its own) mooing(?) |
| obverse 20' | Female laborer (of?) a fisherman(?) spending time near the ban measure (to alter it in her favor?) |
| obverse 21' | Slave(?), idiot lying next to the potter's kiln |
| obverse 22' | Merchant apprentice/purse bearer that exhausts the silver of the merchant |
| obverse 23' | Brewer eating the zidmunu ration |
| obverse 24' | One who has half (his hair shaved), come, ... |
| obverse 25' | Childish fool, driveller/stammerer(?) |
| obverse 26' | How is it that you compare with me? |
| bottom 1 | Forty? nine? (entries, total of entire tablet?) |
| reverse 1 | Lunatic, idiot, (possessing) the intellect of a monkey |
| reverse 2 | Homeless one lying in the street |
| reverse 3 | Spreading out residue left from fermentation at the “oven of mankind” (a collective oven?) |
| reverse 4 | When you bring out the bowl (filled with) groats up from the oven |
| reverse 5 | It shatters to your detriment(?) due to the heat of the bowl(?) |
| reverse 6 | Your heel and you Achilles tendon tear away at (your) flesh/skin |
| reverse 7 | You gnaw at (food from) the vegetable basket, and steal fish from the fisherman's basket |
| reverse 8 | Many days your face/eye jumps/twitches from/by crushing holds(?) |
| reverse 9 | Peddlar (who haggles over?) the market price(?), the grain roasters |
| reverse 10 | They/we(?) fled from before you like lunatics |
| reverse 11 | When you ... at the potter's kiln |
| reverse 12 | From your spine to the edge of your anus |
| reverse 13 | (Your) verterbrae are filled with “sores” (i.e., ruptured disks and hemorrhoids?) |
| reverse 14 | When you(?) drop the basket (containing) the rations of the lukur priestesses |
| reverse 15 | (Even) the female laborer of the the lukur priestess are belittled(?) |
| reverse 16 | Your face, like a piglet, they are to pluck (bald, in retaliation?) |
| reverse 17 | At the temple of the god (and its) various shrines, its gatekeeper and gudug priest roam around for you (as if there was?) a deep sleep before them(?), they stand guard (i.e., are suspicious?) for you |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x [...] x x [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x [...] | |
| 5' | eme#-gir15-sze3! [...] eme#-[...] | |
| 6' | a-ra2 he2#-szid# x [...] | |
| 7' | igi-diri he2#-duh# x [...] | |
| 8' | sahar-gar#-ra# x [...] | |
| 9' | KA-inim#-ma# [...] | |
| 10' | szu-zu# [...] | |
| 11' | en3 u3-ra#?-tar# szu#? [...] x [...] | |
| 12' | szu nu#-sa6#-[...] ki# nam#-dub#-[...] | |
| 13' | lu2-tu15# [...] x [...] | |
| 14' | nig2-HAR-ra eh-eh#?-NE# [...]-zu# | |
| 15' | gaba-ri-gu10-me-en# | |
| 16' | a#-na#-asz-am3# ga2 x [...] nu#-me-en# | |
| 17' | lu2-tu15# lul du11-du11# [...] | |
| 18' | gu4 szab ku5-ku5 [...]-x [...] | |
| 19' | gu4 gu3 ra-ah-ta zi-ir-ir#?-[...] | |
| 20' | geme2 szu-ku6 {gesz}ba-an-e# u4# [...] | |
| 21' | sag lu2-tu15 udun bahar2#-ka# [...] | |
| 22' | szagan-la2 ku3 dam#-[...] | |
| 23' | lu2-kurun-na zi3#-[...] | |
| 24' | kiszi-a# ak [...] | |
| 25' | lil hu-ru#-[um ...] | |
| 26' | a-na-gin7-nam# [...] | |
| bottom | ||
| 1 | 4(u@v) 9(disz@v) | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ni2-su-ub lu2-tu15 dim2-ma# [...] | |
| 2 | e2 nu-tuku e-sir2-ra nu2#-[nu2] | |
| 3 | {im}szu-rin-na nam-lu2-lux(URU)-ka titab2 i-ni-[...] | |
| 4 | {dug}utul2 ar-za-na {im}szu-rin-na-ta e11#-[...] | |
| 5 | ba-e-da-gaz utul2 al-bil2-la-x [...] | |
| 6 | ma-sila3 sa-sal-zu SU-a ab-sil2#?-[...] | |
| 7 | gi-gur nisi-ga-ta zu2 e-da-ra-ah! gi-gur szu#-[...] | |
| 8 | u4 didli {gesz}pu2 da-gum-ta igi-zu#? al#?-gu4#?-[...] | |
| 9 | ga-ab-sa10 ganba lu2#-[...] | |
| 10 | lu2-ni2-su-ub-ba-gin7 igi-zu#-[...] | |
| 11 | udun bahar2-ka x-[...] | |
| 12 | gu2-mur7-zu-ta za3 gu#-[du-zu-sze3 ...] | |
| 13 | zu2-kesz2 simx(GIG)-ma ab#?-[...] | |
| 14 | {gi}pisan ninda kur6-ma# lukur-e-ne#-[...] u3#-mu-ni#-[...] | |
| 15 | geme2 lukur-ra al-tur#-[...] | |
| 16 | igi-zu szah2-tur-gin7 am3-ur4-ur4-re#?-de3#-[...] | |
| 17 | e2 dingir esz3 didli-ka i3#?-du8#? gudug-bi# u3-[sa2 ...] x x x [...] | |
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