UET 6, 0166 (P346251)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0166 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346251 |
| 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 | I jumped about like a dancing(?) reed (as) he put me to work |
| reverse 1 | From his instruction (only) the (foolish) novice passes by freely/forgetfully(?) |
| reverse 2 | Fear that is to scare(?) the (writing) hand, wearing it(?) on my figure/trunk and limbs(?) in order to stand before him in the “place of prostration”(!?) |
| reverse 3 | In order to ameliorate the rage, to attend to(?) the anger |
| reverse 4 | I(?) did (the assignment?) correctly for you |
| reverse 5 | When (I go) in the street with neck bowed to the ground |
| reverse 6 | And my head not to be raised, no one scorned(?) me |
| reverse 7 | Laughing(?) does not ... |
| reverse 8 | Humbly ... enters the house of my father |
| reverse 9 | ... is before my father, mother, older brother, older sister, and female servant |
| reverse 10 | When I affirmed my intention(?), he instructed in order that ... could be seen(!?) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x x x-am3# i3-du-en | |
| 2 | e2#-dub#-ba#-sze3 [...] i3#-du-en | |
| 3 | e2-dub-ba x x x i3#-ak# | |
| 4 | dub-gu10 i3-szid# [...]-gub#-gu10# i3#-gu7#? | |
| 5 | mu gub#-[...]-usz2# | |
| 6 | ga2#-nu# ki#-gu10-usz#? x x x x-im#? | |
| 7 | nig2 um-mi-a-[...]-en za#-e# ga#-an#-pa3-pa3 | |
| 8 | za-gin7-nam nam#-[...]-ak | |
| 9 | gi al-gu2-u4-da-gin7 in#?-gu2-de3 kin2-ga2 bi2-in-si-ge-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | na de5-ga-ni-ta lu2 hu-ru szu bar dab?-ba-e# | |
| 2 | ni2 te-ge26 szu ni2 te-ge26-dam!? ki za-ba alan gesz-ge-en-na-ga2 TUG2-TUG2-TUG2 igi-ni-sze3 gub-bu-de3 | |
| 3 | lipisz-bi du10-ge-de3 murgu3#?-bi giri3 si-ge-de3 | |
| 4 | si ma#-ra-ni-in-sa2 | |
| 5 | e-sir2-ra gu2 ki-sze3 la2 du-a-gu10-ne | |
| 6 | sag-gu10 nu-il2-i-de3 lu2 <gu2> nu-mu-un-da-szub#-e# | |
| 7 | zu2 bir9-bir nu-DU-DU-ga2-x | |
| 8 | sun5-na-bi? e2-ad-da#-[...] ku4#?-ku4# | |
| 9 | igi ad-da-ga2 ama-ga2 szesz-gal-ga2 nin9# gal#-ga2 u3 geme2-ga2-am3# | |
| 10 | dim2-ma gin6-na-gu10-ne igi-sze3 bar-bar-e-de3 na-sze3 mu-un-de5-de5 | |
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