UET 6, 0163 (P346248)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0163 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346248 |
| 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' | Greatly your “that which is released” has been enlarged |
| obverse 2' | Because your ... reputation has not been smitten(?) |
| obverse 3' | Because (your?) reputation has not been made to touch the dust(?) |
| obverse 4' | Because of what has been destroyed(?) I will recite to you (the following(?)) |
| obverse 5' | What now to do?(?) |
| obverse 6' | If I(?) have loved you |
| obverse 7' | You have not learned from the deeds which I have done? |
| obverse 8' | Afflicted person(?), “wind man” (idiot), (possessing?) ... hands and feet, ... sorcery(?) |
| obverse 9' | "Wind man” (idiot), thief who breaks into houses |
| obverse 10' | Insulting person who smells |
| obverse 11' | Barbarian, ecstatic |
| obverse 12' | (Possessing) lips spewing scraps(?) that make things painful |
| obverse 13' | "Head dragger,” cripple |
| obverse 14' | (Possessing) a scent that induces vomiting, an evil stench |
| obverse 15' | (Stinking like) fetid butter(?), one who stinks |
| obverse 16' | (Possessor) of a scent that induces vomiting, defiling and destroying |
| reverse 1 | (One who makes other people say?) “I want to hide"(?), stinking ..., (possessor of a) stinking anus |
| reverse 3 | Dog with its head pressed to the ground who is sniffing |
| reverse 4 | A soldier who, (acting) like you(!?), prowls the streets because of his sustenance |
| reverse 5 | (Possessing) a head that is not good(?) for its mouth(?), an evil head |
| reverse 6 | Dog that licks its penis with(?) its tongue |
| reverse 7 | Donkey that eats its own bedding |
| reverse 8 | Wearer of (only) a loincloth, laying down on(?) the oven |
| reverse 9 | One who drops things/falls into a well(?), dropped by (the demon) lugalura/Bēl-ūrim (i.e., an attack of epilepsy?) |
| reverse 10 | Sheep afflicted with vertigo(?), one who is “seized” (paralyzed)(?) |
| reverse 11 | ..., ecstatic who eats stinking things(?) |
| reverse 12 | ... wall/figure, stretching out ... behind(?) (someone?)(!?) |
| reverse 13 | (Loose) hair that is deposited along with the foundation in the house(!?) |
| reverse 14 | One whose head is half shaved by(?) ... |
| reverse 15 | Inappropriate person(?), ..., denouncer/informer(?) |
| reverse 16 | Cripple, (possessing) thighs(?) but also blunted hips/buttocks, a blunted nose(?), (altogether) a physiognomy that is not fitting (for) a man |
| reverse 17 | Until one and as whom(?) will you go (like this?)? The one who insults you |
| reverse 18 | May the one who insults you be 3600 double-leagues away from(?) your person |
| reverse 19 | May your curse(r?) be 3600 double-leagues away from(?) your person |
| reverse 20 | Be pleasing in the eye of your god! |
| reverse 21 | So that your fellow man “raises your neck and chest” |
| reverse 22 | And you will be (reckoned) among the learned people(?) of your city(?) |
| reverse 23 | And your city, the good place invokes your name |
| reverse 24 | And your god names you with a good name, a true word |
| reverse 25 | Be pleasing in the eye of Nanna, your god! |
| left 1' | "Long-tablet" of Damqi-ilišu, month of NENEgar, 7th day |
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' | [...]-bur2#-ra-zu# [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x-zu nu-ub-sag3-[...] | |
| 3' | [...] sahar#-ra nu-ub-tag#?-[...] | |
| 4' | [a]-na#-am3 ib2-hul-ke4-esz im-ma-ab-[...] | |
| 5' | a-na-am3 i-dal [...] | |
| 6' | tukumbi# ki-x-[...] | |
| 7' | nig2-ak bi2-[...] nu#-mu#-e-zu# | |
| 8' | sag-DU-a lu2#-tu15# szu# szu2#? giri3 szu2 nig2-ak-ak x [...] | |
| 9' | lu2-tu15 lu2-la-ga e2 bur3!-[...] | |
| 10' | lu2 sikil-du3-a lu2 hab2#?-[...] | |
| 11' | na-ga2-ah lu2-mu2#-[...] | |
| 12' | nundum za3-ga bar-bar szu gig bi2-ib2#-du11-ga | |
| 13' | sag ur3#-ur3 lu2-hu#-hu#-[...] | |
| 14' | ir a-ha-an du11-ga ir hul-a | |
| 15' | i3 hab2 lu2 [...] | |
| 16' | ir ha-an du8 pel2-pel2-la2 [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...]-szub NIG2-HAR?-TUR hab2#?-ba# gu#?-du#!? hab2-ba#? [...] | |
| 2 | in-HAR#? in-da-HAR | |
| 3 | ur#-gir15 sag# us2#?-sa si-im-si-im al#!-ke3-e | |
| 4 | aga#?-us2#? lu2 za-gin7-x-ke4#-esz#? mu sza3#?-gal#-la#-ni-sze3 sila#-a al#!?-ni10-ni10-e | |
| 5 | x [...] nu#-sa6#? sag# hul AN | |
| 6 | ur# gesz3#?-bi eme#-ba#? sub6-ba | |
| 7 | ansze# ki#-nu2# ni2-ba gu7#!-gu7#! | |
| 8 | [...] udun-na nu2-nu2 | |
| 9 | [...]-x {d#?}lugal#?-ur3#?-ra#-ke4# szub-ba | |
| 10 | [...] lu2# al#-dab5#?-ba | |
| 11 | [...]-x lu2#-mu2#-da# x gu7-gu7 | |
| 12 | [...] x x x GI#? [...] x# la2 | |
| 13 | [...] x [...] e2#?-e# us2#-sa# | |
| 14 | [...] lu2#? x x x x | |
| 15 | [...] x x x x KA# [...] | |
| 16 | [...] x x x ku5# uludin2#? lu2#-lu7# nu-gar-[...] | |
| 17 | [...]-un#? a#-ra#-[...]-dub2#?-dub2#-[...] | |
| 18 | [...] szar2#? danna#?-am3# su#?-zu ha-ba-x-[...] | |
| 19 | [...] danna#?-am3 su#?-zu ha-ba#-[...] | |
| 20 | [...] sa6-[...] | |
| 21 | [...]-zu#? he2-[...] | |
| 22 | [...] x [...]-za [...] | |
| 23 | [...]-zu he2-pa3#-[...] | |
| 24 | [...]-zu#? he2#?-ri-sze21#?-[...] | |
| 25 | [...] x [...] sa6#-ni#? | |
| left | ||
| 1' | [... dam]-qi#?-i3-li2-szu {iti}NE-NE-gar u4 7(disz)#-kam# | |
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