UET 6, 0165 (P346250)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0165 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346250 |
| 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 | Veteran(?) son of the scribal school, where are you going? |
| obverse 2 | I am going to the scribal school |
| obverse 3 | What(?) have (you) done at the scribal school? |
| obverse 4 | I tallied up (the lines to be entered on) my tablet, I ate my meal(?), I fashioned my tablet, I wrote it and finished it |
| obverse 5 | They assign my line assignment/passage for me |
| obverse 6 | Come to where I am, ... |
| obverse 7 | That which my master revealed (to?) me(?), I will reveal for you |
| obverse 8 | Like you (I) was a novice, one who had(?) a “big brother” mentor/supervisor |
| obverse 9 | From his instruction (only) the (foolish) novice passes by freely/forgetfully(?) |
| obverse 10 | Fear that is to scare(?) the (writing) hand, wearing(?) on my figure/trunk and limbs(?) in order to stand before him in the “place of prostration” |
| obverse 11 | In order to ameliorate the rage, to attend to(?) the anger |
| obverse 12 | I(?) did ... correctly for you |
| obverse 13 | When (I go) in the street with neck bowed to the ground |
| obverse 14 | Laughing(?) does not ... |
| obverse 15 | In order to humbly enter the house of my father |
| obverse 16 | ... is before my father, mother, older brother, older sister, and female servant(!?) |
| obverse 17 | (With?) affirmed intention, in order that ... could be seen(!?) <he instructed> |
| obverse 18 | (At?) the eduba'a school, the learned scribe ... into my(!) hand(?) |
| obverse 19 | Within the tablets of Sumer and Akkad, I(?) grasped the scribal art |
| obverse 20 | My explicated 'sayings'(?), I am a scribe ... |
| obverse 22 | The addition and subtraction of(?) tabulation, ... |
| obverse 23 | Reciprocals(?), multiplication, ... |
| obverse 24 | The arrangment of the short and long side of(?) a triangle (within) a square (? i.e., subdivisions of a square?) |
| obverse 25 | The semicircle, like(?) a trapezoid/right triangle(?) |
| obverse 26 | 'I make the side consume side' (shape of a trapezoid), I(?) grasp their division |
| obverse 27 | Your bow(?), one side(?) to expand(?) a field(area?), to survey with the measuring line and measuring rod ... |
| obverse 28 | When I carry the ban measuring container(?) towards(?) the hidden places |
| obverse 29 | I? ..., establishing(?!) ... in the field |
| obverse 30 | ... the height and depth of ... |
| obverse 31 | Raising a mud wall, ..., the daily task(?) |
| obverse 32 | The weaver ... wool |
| reverse 1 | Cattlepen, furrow, ... |
| reverse 2 | The building of a house (and?) a storehouse and brickpiles |
| reverse 3 | Subjugating (a workforce)(?) in order to dig a canal |
| reverse 4 | Raising dikes, putting down ditches |
| reverse 5 | I want to know how to complete the task skillfully(?) |
| reverse 6 | A 2nd time may my master ... and “establish” |
| reverse 7 | I am a scribe, one of the temple of Ninegala (i.e., Nungal, a prison?) |
| reverse 8 | The lady with whose possessions nothing compares |
| reverse 9 | She has covered those who do not raise a glance (in acknowledgement?)/did not muster scouts(?) with the šugal net |
| reverse 11 | ... stood ... in order to strike ... |
| reverse 13 | ... in order to strike ... |
| reverse 14 | ... in order to stand(?) |
| reverse 15 | The arrogant, indiscreet(?), boasting, self-important |
| reverse 16 | ... circle towards ... |
| reverse 17 | ... removed from you/me(?), ... rejoicing |
| reverse 18 | ... the angry man should not speak unsuitable(?) ... to ... |
| reverse 19 | It is the ... of Ninegala |
| reverse 20 | ... that which is present in(!?) the heart |
| reverse 21 | ..., the man should have dignity |
| reverse 22 | ... is very important and very good |
| reverse 22 | DUGUD in Gadd's UET 6 copy. |
| reverse 23 | ... who(?) should/should not(?) place |
| reverse 24 | ... should/should not(?) vocalize ... |
| reverse 25 | ... shall vie with(?) ... in the palace(?) |
| reverse 26 | ... an aura, unceasing strength |
| reverse 27 | It is the possession of the king |
| reverse 28 | ... evil ... you are(?) |
| reverse 29 | It is you whose ... is set in order(?) for you |
| reverse 31 | ... my master, in order to write/foster(?) instruction |
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 | [...] ul#-am3#? me-sze3! i3-du-de3-en# | |
| 2 | [...] i3#-du#?-de3-en | |
| 3 | [...] x a-na-am3# i3#-ak | |
| 4 | [...]-gu10#? i3#?-[...] | |
| 5 | [...]-usz# | |
| 6 | [...]-gu10-usz#? [...] x | |
| 7 | [nig2] um#-mi-a-gu10 mu-un-pa3#-de3# za#-e# ga#?-x-x-[...] | |
| 8 | [...]-nam nam-lu2-tur i3-ak#? szesz-gal a? i3-x-a | |
| 9 | [na de5]-ga#?-ni-ta lu2 hu-ra? szu dab#?-ba-e | |
| 10 | [...]-ga2 szu ni2 te-ga2#? ki za-ba alan gesz#?-ge-na-gu10 TUG2-KU-TUG2 igi#?-ni#?-sze3# gub-bu-de3 | |
| 11 | [lipisz]-bi#? du10#-x-de3# murgu3?-bi giri3 si-ge-de3 | |
| 12 | [...] x x AB? si i3-in#?-sa2#? | |
| 13 | [...]-ra# gu2 ki-sze3 la2-a du-gu10-ne | |
| 14 | [...] bir9#?-bir9# nu-DU-DU-ga2-ke4? | |
| 15 | [sun5]-na-bi e2#?-ad-da-ga2-kam ku4-ku4-de3#? | |
| 16 | [... ad]-da-ga2-ke4 ama-ga2 szesz-gal-ga2 x x-ga2 | |
| 17 | [...] dim2#? gin6-na igi-sze3 bar-bar-re#?-de3 | |
| 18 | [e2-dub]-ba dub-sar ku3-zu szu?-ni-sze3? mu#-x-x | |
| 19 | [dub ki]-en-gi ki-uri-ka nam-dub#?-sar#? mi#?-ni-dab5 | |
| 20 | [ka]-inim#?-ma inim# szar2-szar2-gu10# [...] | |
| 21 | [...] x-zu? TUG2? NIG2-x-ke4 mu [...] | |
| 22 | szid#? zi#?-zi#? gar#-gar#?-ra#?-bi# [...] | |
| 23 | igi SI a-ra2# x [...] MU [...] | |
| 24 | sag us2 sag-du3 zu2# kesz2#-bi ib2-si | |
| 25 | GAN2 u4-sakar sag-ki-gu4-da-gin7 | |
| 26 | us2-us2 i3-gu7-e-en ha-la-bi i3-dab5#? | |
| 27 | {gesz}pana?-zu us2 dili a-sza3 SAR esz2-GAN2 gi-ninda-disz UD? a-sza3-ga gid2 | |
| 28 | ban2 il2-la-gu10-ne a2-ur2-a2-ur2-sze3 | |
| 29 | gesz-TAG-a mu-TAG-TAG a-sza3-ga ge-en-en-e | |
| 30 | gi TAR-a gi pa3-da il2-la du5-la2-bi x-x | |
| 31 | im-du3-a gur3-gur3-ru SIG7 lam a2-du3-a | |
| 32 | us2#-bar siki? gun3#?-x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {e2}turx(SZILAM) ab-sin2 a#-ra2#-hi-a | |
| 2 | e2 du3-a arah4? szeg12-ansze | |
| 3 | ix(|A.AMBAR|) ba-al-sze3 gu2 gar-ra | |
| 4 | e! zi-zi pa5 ga2-ga2 | |
| 5 | kin2 til-la-de3? galam!?-ma? ga?-mu-zu#? | |
| 6 | 2(disz@t)-<kam>-ma-sze3 um-mi-a-gu10 hu-mu-x hu-mu-gar-re | |
| 7 | dub-sar me-en e2 {d}nin-e2-gal-ka-kam | |
| 8 | nin nig2-gal2 nig2-na-me sa2-sa2# | |
| 9 | igi bar nu-zi-zi sa-szu2-usz-gal ba-szu4 | |
| 10 | [...] NE x GIR3#? NE NE NE-ra KA-a-ni am3-x-x | |
| 11 | [...] x gub-ba x [...] KID2#? x [...] x x [...] NI? sag3-ge-de3 IM x | |
| 13 | [...] x x sag3-ge-de3 ni2-bi [...] | |
| 14 | [...] x [...] x gub-bu-de3# | |
| 15 | [...]-na# inim#? bur2#?-ra#? ni2 bulug5 silim-sze3? di#? | |
| 16 | [...] x igi x x mu-szi-ni10-ni10 | |
| 17 | [...] x x-e-da-ze2-er x gal2-bi hul2-le | |
| 18 | [...] x lu2#? ib2#?-ba DU nu-gar-bi na-an-na-ab-be2!? | |
| 19 | [...] x {d}nin-e2-gal-la-kam | |
| 20 | [...] x x x nig2 sza3-sze3 gal2-la-am3 | |
| 21 | [...] x x lu2# tesz2 he2-tuku-tuku | |
| 22 | [...] NE# EN#? dugud-dugud-da du10-du10-ga?-am3 | |
| 23 | [...] IM?-zu na-an-gar-ra | |
| 24 | [...] ka-ga14 na-an-ga2-ga2 | |
| 25 | [...] x e2#? lugal-la-kam he2-eb-sa2 | |
| 26 | [...] x x ni2 a2#? nu-silig-ge4 | |
| 27 | [...] lugal-la-kam | |
| 28 | [...] x x KA AB hul-dim2-ma KA hul x x-me#-en#? | |
| 29 | [...] x-zu ha-ra-ab-sa2 me-en | |
| 30 | [...]-zu en nu-x | |
| 31 | [...] um-mi#-a#-gu10 na de5 sar-sar-de3 | |
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