UET 6, 0159 (P346244)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0159 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346244 |
| 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' | I know(?)--(until) my master has left |
| obverse 2' | ..., what will I do(?) |
| obverse 3' | If ..., what will I do(?) |
| obverse 4' | Because of you, ... touched the body(?) |
| obverse 5' | If I was to(?) give you an order |
| obverse 6' | You will say “(who are) you, giving orders to me” |
| obverse 7' | ... now, I shall serve you(?) |
| obverse 8' | You are to loiter about in the square |
| obverse 9' | If success is to be obtained, you need to seek it(?) |
| obverse 10' | Go to the eduba'a school, it will be good for you |
| obverse 11' | You(?) will seek after my task, you(?) will inquire about it |
| obverse 12' | By means of a “humanity” that does not know your body |
| reverse 1 | Your heart/anger and your reputation(?) going apart from(?) my head/lead(?), ... |
| reverse 2 | In excess of(?) (the time that) I stand over you |
| reverse 3 | No one (should) stand over their son |
| reverse 4 | Your beatings of (i.e., during?) instruction(?), (in which) nothing compares with you |
| reverse 5 | You behave like someone who does not know the rules, in your understanding(?) you a not a man |
| reverse 6 | Among my colleagues, comparing with each man(?) I conducted(?), (and) no one who compares with you is present |
| reverse 7 | This is what I recite to you |
| reverse 8 | (By it) deafness/stupidity turns into wisdom |
| reverse 9 | (By it) wisdom is made (from?) ... inferiority |
| reverse 10 | It seizes the snake(!?) (as if using!?) incantations/murmuring(?) |
| reverse 11 | I have become weary of always having to beat (you) and have let (that form of punishment) go |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-gu10#? [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-na#?-am3#? [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x ta? [...] | |
| 4' | mu#?-[...]-sze3! x-[...] | |
| 5' | a2 mu#?-e#-da-ag2#?-[...] | |
| 6' | a2# ag2#-ga2# ma#-x-[...] | |
| 7' | x x a#-da#-al# x-[...] | |
| 8' | za#-e# tilla2#-a# im#-[...]-ni10#?-ni10#-[...] | |
| 9' | [...] he2#-tuku# [...] | |
| 10' | [...]-ba#-sze3 du#?-[...] | |
| 11' | [...]-gu10# mu-e-kin2#-ge26 en3#? [...] | |
| 12' | [...]-lu2-lu7 su2-zu nu-x-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lipisz#?-zu? mu-zu sag-gu10-da DU-[...] szu ba-ab-x-[...] | |
| 2 | diri ga2-e ugu-za al-gub-bu-na-x | |
| 3 | lu2 na-me ugu dumu-na-ka nu-gub-[...] | |
| 4 | umun2 ak tud2-ba#? nig2 nu-mu-da-si-ge#?-[...] | |
| 5 | a2 ag2-ga2 nu-ub-zu!?-a-gin7 a-ra-dim2-me umusz?-za lu2 nu-me-en | |
| 6 | sza3 gi4-me-a-gu10-ne-ka lu2 bi2-ib2#-x x x lu2 mu-da#-ab-si-ge-a ba-ra-gal2 | |
| 7 | nig2 ga2-e za-ra ab-szid-na-gu10 | |
| 8 | u2 hub2 ku3-zu ba-an-ku4-ku4 | |
| 9 | hu-ru ZI masz!?-zu ba-ak | |
| 10 | musz-e KA-KA#-e ba-ab-x-x-[...] | |
| 11 | sag3-ge-de3 sag3-ge-de3 zi ba-ir x [...] | |
| 12 | x [...] | |
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