UET 6, 0160 (P346245)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0160 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346245 |
| 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 3' | Your beatings of (during?) instruction(?), (in which) nothing compares with you |
| obverse 4' | You behave(?) as if the regulations have never been taught |
| obverse 5' | In(?) your ..., you are not a man |
| obverse 6' | Among my colleagues, comparing with each man(?) I conducted(?) |
| obverse 7' | (And) no one who compares with you is present |
| obverse 8' | This is what I recite to you |
| obverse 9' | (By it) deafness/stupidity turns into wisdom |
| obverse 10' | (By it) wisdom is made (from?) ... inferiority |
| obverse 11' | It seizes the snake(!?) (as if using!?) incantations/murmuring(?) |
| obverse 12' | I have become weary of always having to beat (you) and have let (that form of punishment) go |
| obverse 13' | Bringing about reconciliation(?) by means of lies(?), I will not consent to you (on this?) |
| obverse 14' | After I fill my heart and it overflows, (therefore, I scorn you) |
| obverse 15' | On your own (behalf), you have not ceased(?) your wailing |
| obverse 16' | (But) I have set aside(?) your wailing |
| obverse 17' | Because of the content/intent of what you are to speak(!?) |
| obverse 18' | And (the fact that) I go forth from (according to?) my word(?) |
| obverse 19' | In order to go away from (according to?) my words(?) “here” |
| obverse 20' | I am going(?) away from “here” (according to my?) words |
| obverse 21' | Because you have not “observed (your) humanity” (reflected upon yourself?) |
| obverse 22' | My heart is carried away by(?) an evil wind |
| obverse 23' | You cannot pay attention to your “humanity” ... |
| reverse 1 | You wailing has finished/killed me(?) |
| reverse 2 | You make my heart go(?) in the plain |
| reverse 3 | Because of what I am, I did not send (you?) as one charged with the task(?) to carry reeds (from) the reed bed |
| reverse 4 | The ... old/dead reeds(?) which (even) the tiny (children) carry |
| reverse 5 | Because of what you are, you have not carried them |
| reverse 6 | In no way/at no time(?) have I said “Stand(?) at the rear of an ox” |
| reverse 7 | I did not send (you?) as one charged with the task(?) to follow the ox(?) |
| reverse 8 | I did not send (you?) as one charged with the task(?) to hoe the field |
| reverse 9 | I did not send (you?) as one charged with the task(?) to sow/cultivate the field |
| reverse 10 | I did not send (you?) as a messenger (charged with a task?) to do a task(?) (or?) to hoe |
| reverse 11 | Come! After you do the work, eat food |
| reverse 12 | Because of who you(?) are, (I) have not spoken to you (about this) |
| reverse 13 | Because of who you are, you have not done the task (but) you did eat the food(?) |
| reverse 14 | When a person like you does(?) a task |
| reverse 15 | His father and mother will eat food |
| reverse 16 | If you observe the ... of my colleagues |
| reverse 17 | Like (i.e., each one of?) them, ten gur of barley apiece they fill at the outset/per head(?) |
| reverse 18 | (Even) the tiny ones, the “slave of their(!?) fathers” |
| reverse 19 | Ten gur of barley apiece they place(?) at the head (i.e., provide) |
| reverse 20 | They have given/brought(?) barley, oil/butter, and sheep wool(?) |
| reverse 21 | As a man(?), they(?) exceed you(?) |
| reverse 22 | You are not a man like (each one of) them |
| reverse 23 | Exceeding you, they do not compare with you in (the performance of) assigned tasks(?) |
| reverse 24 | Like them ... |
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' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ak#? tud2#-ba nig2# [...] | |
| 4' | a2# ag2#-ga2 nu-ub-zu-gin7 x-[...] | |
| 5' | ki?-zu lu2#? x-[...] | |
| 6' | sza3# gi4#-me-a-gu10-ne#-ka lu2-bi bi2#?-[...] | |
| 7' | [...] mu-da-si#?-[...] ba-ra-[...] | |
| 8' | nig2 ga2#-e za-ra [...] a#?-ab-szid-[...] | |
| 9' | u2#-[...]-x ku3-zu am3-ku4#-[...] | |
| 10' | [...] masz#?-zu [...]-ma?-ak-[...] | |
| 11' | [...]-x mu7-mu7!-e [...]-x-[...] | |
| 12' | [...] sag3#-ge-de3 zi# [...] | |
| 13' | [...]-ke3#-de3 x-x-x-sze#?-[...] | |
| 14' | [...] im#!?-ma-an-si im#!?-ma-an-diri#?-[...] | |
| 15' | [...] zarah nu-mu#-[...] | |
| 16' | zarah#-zu ga2-e [...] | |
| 17' | [...] gu3# da-de2-a-[...] | |
| 18' | u3 ga2-e KA-gu10-ta# [...] | |
| 19' | KA-gu10-ta DU-a-[...] | |
| 20' | u3 ga2-e KA-e-ta DU#?-[...] | |
| 21' | nam-lu2-lux(URU) igi# li-bi2-du8-ru-na-[...] | |
| 22' | sza3#-gu10 tu15 hul ba-ab-[...] | |
| 23' | nam-lu2-lux(URU)-zu KA-KA gesz nu-mu-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | zarah-zu ib2-til-[...] | |
| 2 | sza3#!-gu10 edin-na am3-du-[...] | |
| 3 | ga2-e al-me-en-na-ta gesz-gi gi x-[...] | |
| 4 | gi sumun GAB lu2 di4-di4-la2-ke4-ne x-[...] | |
| 5 | za-e al-me-en-na-ta nu-mu-un#-[...] | |
| 6 | a-ra2 na-me-ka egir gu4-da-ka? x-x [...] | |
| 7 | gu4-de3 us2-u3-de3 kin2-gi4#-[...] | |
| 8 | a-sza3 al ke3!-de3 kin2-gi4-[...] | |
| 9 | a-sza3 uru4-de3 kin2#-gi4-[...] | |
| 10 | kin2 sza4 ke3#-[de3] kin2#-gi4-[...] | |
| 11 | gen-na kin2-sze3 u3#-mu#-x-x x [...] | |
| 12 | za-e al-me-en-na-ta x-[...] | |
| 13 | za-e al-me-en-na-ta kin2#-sze3#? [...] | |
| 14 | lu2 za-gin7 ak kin2#-[...] | |
| 15 | da-da-ni u3 ama#!-ni ninda i3#-[...] | |
| 16 | tukumbi nig2#?-szu gi4-me-a-asz#?-[...] | |
| 17 | e-ne-ne-gin7-nam [...] sze# gur#-[...] | |
| 18 | di4-di4-la2 lu2#? [...] | |
| 19 | u gur sze-ta sag-ga2 x-x-[...] | |
| 20 | sze i3 siki udu mu#-[...] | |
| 21 | diri-zu#-x x-[...] | |
| 22 | e-ne-ne#-gin7#-[...] | |
| 23 | diri-zu kin2-gi4#?-[...] | |
| 24 | e#-ne#-ne#-gin7#-[...] | |
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