CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 033 (P346243)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 033 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346243 |
| 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 | One who humiliates, insulting woman |
| obverse 2 | Slanderer, “head striker” |
| obverse 3 | Speaker of hostility, conversing in lies |
| obverse 4 | Continually “giving” houses(?), (but) not dwelling in the house of a man |
| obverse 5 | And you (really) are among women? |
| obverse 6 | Filling water and roiling water//roiling clear water(?), milling flour |
| obverse 7 | She leaned(?), she diminished, she milled |
| obverse 8 | She baked there, she burned there |
| obverse 9 | She does not set that which she has created “on (its) way” |
| obverse 10 | You will reply to me |
| obverse 11 | Witness of idiocy |
| obverse 12 | An “I want to follow” of the word/speech of humanity |
| obverse 13 | The one of “collegiality,” the one who “breaks words to pieces"(?) |
| obverse 14 | Her case(?) is non-existent, and yet(?) a garment has been worn |
| obverse 15 | Litigant who has approached(?) the assembly, the assembly(?) ... |
| obverse 16 | She is confused, she is shaking, she is seeking (aimlessly) |
| obverse 17 | Litigant, after you stand in ... and ... a word |
| obverse 18 | Pitfall, hater, you utter words |
| obverse 19 | They “accept” the ... and chase her away(?) |
| obverse 20 | And you are (really) “of womanhood"? |
| obverse 21 | She has had no limit, (her) womanhood is unsuitable |
| obverse 22 | She cannot comb her wool, she cannot spin thread with the spindle |
| obverse 23 | She cannot keep up(?) with work, entering and going out (from the house?) are diminished(?) |
| obverse 24 | When you stand in the street, (another) abuses |
| reverse 1 | When you attempt to converse with praise/quote a proverb(?), it falls at(?) the feet (i.e., fails?) |
| reverse 2 | When you(?) ... towards/on behalf of the assembly, they take it seriously(?) |
| reverse 3 | But after you turn away, you are shameless ..., ... is laughing |
| reverse 4 | This is an insult that you make? |
| reverse 5 | In a house where there is beer, she is its trough |
| reverse 6 | In the house where there is soup, she is its emerah jug |
| reverse 7 | In the house where there is food, she is the chief cook |
| reverse 8 | The house whose “hand is wet,” she asks after |
| reverse 9 | She acts neighborly towards its master |
| reverse 10 | Entering into that house straightaway |
| reverse 11 | She sweeps the house, she adorns/sprinkles it |
| reverse 12 | She is issuing orders and shouting(?) |
| reverse 13 | Servile laborer of the steward, bride, the daughter of the house |
| reverse 14 | She smites(?) their legs/lap(?) |
| reverse 15 | She says to them “Do not take anything, (everything) that is here is mine” |
| reverse 16 | And you ... |
| reverse 17 | Her house is a pigsty, her inner room is a kiln |
| reverse 18 | The door of her house is a reed screen |
| reverse 19 | A millstone is her husband, the pounding stone is her son |
| reverse 20 | Spouse of a slave, consumer of “that which is dragged” |
| reverse 21 | One who suckled among female slaves, offspring of male slaves |
| reverse 22 | (Your) house was built by a female slave and cared for by a male slave |
| reverse 23 | And you are (really) “of women"? |
| reverse 24' | Lunatic, ecstatic, conversing in an ecstatic state |
| reverse 25' | (User of) hostile speech, “eye turner,” evil person |
| reverse 26' | (Saying) “I want to insult,” the words haven fallen out of the mouth |
| reverse 27' | "I want to talk,” “I want to kill"(?) ... pig of the marshes, dog, one who is “cut off"(?) |
| left 1 | Standing in the street, prowling the street, <sitting?> at the threshold(!?) of men(?) |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [...]-ra# [...] | |
| 2 | [...] gu7#?-gu7 [...] | |
| 3 | [...]-du11# inim# lul-la# [...] | |
| 4 | [...] ze2#?-eg3#-ze2#?-eg3# e2 lu2-ka [...] | |
| 5 | u3# [za]-e# sza3 munus-e-ne [...] | |
| 6 | a si#? a# lu3#-lu3 zi3#? [...] x [...] | |
| 7 | in-x-us2#? in-tur-tur in-ar3-ar3#-[...] | |
| 8 | i-ni#-in-du8 i-ni-i-ni-in#-[...] | |
| 9 | eg3-szu#-du11-ga-ni [a]-ra2#-sze3# nu-mu#?-[...] | |
| 10 | ma-[ni]-ib2-gi4-gi4-in# | |
| 11 | lu2#!?-ki#-e-ne-eg3-ga2 na-ag2#-lu2#-tu15#-ka#? | |
| 12 | gab2#?-us2#? KA na-ag2-lu2-lu7# | |
| 13 | lu2# [na]-ag2#-gi4-me-esz3-ka lu2 e-ne-eg3 pad#-pad#-du# | |
| 14 | di#-da#-ni# nu-me-a tug2 an-na-ab-x | |
| 15 | lu2#? [...] pu-uh2#?-ru#?-[...] | |
| 16 | al#-suh3#-suh3 al-ur4-ur4-ru al-kinx(UR4)-kinx(UR4)-[...] | |
| 17 | [lu2] di# tuku x-a-na u3-ba-e-gub e-ne#-[...] | |
| 18 | [a]-ru#-ub-ba hul# gig e-ne-eg3-am3#-[...] | |
| 19 | [x]-dur2 szu ba-an-ti am3-ma-sar-sar-[...] | |
| 20 | u3# za#-e# na-ag2#-munus-e-[...-me]-en | |
| 21 | [ki]-sze-er nu-tuku na-ag2-munus-e# la-ba-ab-du7#? | |
| 22 | siki#? [nu]-mu#?-[...]-x {gesz?}[...] nu#-mu#-da#?-[...] | |
| 23 | kin2-e szu# [nu]-mu-un-da-sa2 ku4!?-ku4#-[...] | |
| 24 | e-sir2-ra u3-ba-e-gub in al#!?-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | KA!?-tar u3-x-bala# giri3!?-bi-da!? ba-x-[...] | |
| 2 | pu-uh2#-ru-um#-[...]-x mu-[...]-x-[...] | |
| 3 | u3#-um-gur tesz2# [...] x-me-en#? [...] zu2# al-[...] | |
| 4 | in#-na [...]-x-dub2#-[...] | |
| 5 | e2# kasz gal2-la# {gi}[...] | |
| 6 | e2 tu7# gal2#-la {gesz}|SAL.X|# [...] | |
| 7 | e2# ninda# gal2#-la muhaldim gal-bi#-im# | |
| 8 | e2 szu#-bi al-duru5-duru5#-x [...] al#?-tar-tar-[...] | |
| 9 | lu2#-bi# na-ag2-usar [...]-x-du3#-[...] | |
| 10 | e2!?-bi-sze3 si sa2-bi ku4#?-ku4#?-[...] | |
| 11 | e2 sa# a-ab-la2-e [...]-ab-su3-e | |
| 12 | a2# [al]-ag2#-e [...]-sag3#-ge# | |
| 13 | gi4-in# [...] x x [...]-a#-ke4 | |
| 14 | ur2#-bi# [...]-dub2#-bu# | |
| 15 | eg3 szu# [...] x [...]-gal2# im-mi-x-x-[...] | |
| 16 | u3 za-e# [...] x x | |
| 17 | ir-da e2#-[...]-ni-[...] | |
| 18 | {gesz}ig gi#-[...] | |
| 19 | {na4}kin2# [...] | |
| 20 | dam i-ri#-[da ...] | |
| 21 | ga gu7#-[...] | |
| 22 | e2#? gi4#?-[...] | |
| 23 | [...] | |
| 24' | [...]-e11#?-da# [...] | |
| 25' | [...] | |
| 26' | [...]-dub2#-dub2# [...] | |
| 27' | [...]-x-du11# [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] e#-sir2-ra ni10-ni10 I-NE lu2-x-lu#? | |
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