UET 6, 0168 (P346253)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0168 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346253 |
| 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' | ... going(?) towards the eduba'a school ... |
| obverse 3' | The “man of/attached to the courtyard”... touched/adorned/chose the ground(?) ... |
| obverse 4' | “The man of the bird feather” ... ... brings out ... at? the “place of kneeling” |
| obverse 5' | At the “place of kneeling” ... struck(?) ... |
| obverse 6' | If ... touched ... |
| obverse 7' | The “clay of the bird feather”/clay ... on the bird feather(?) ... stood/positioned/entered (on a tablet?) |
| obverse 8' | From the “place of kneeling” ... bring out(?) |
| obverse 9' | The “man of/attached to the courtyard”... touched/adorned/chose the ground(?) ... |
| obverse 10' | Sit!(?) ... |
| obverse 11' | If ... |
| obverse 12' | Sit! (pl.)(?) ... |
| reverse 2' | The “big brother” ... |
| reverse 3' | Their “tablets of the hand” ... |
| reverse 4' | His instruction to be given(?) ... comes ... |
| reverse 5' | The man “who is to (repeatedly) touch” ... |
| reverse 6' | The man ... the solution/release(?) ... on(?) clay |
| reverse 7' | Member of the eduba'a school(?) ... |
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' | e2#?-dub#?-ba?-a-sze3 x [...] | |
| 2' | szu MU x x szu#? [...] | |
| 3' | lu2 kisal-la2-ke4 szu x [...] | |
| 4' | lu2 pa muszen-na-x [...] mu x [...] | |
| 5' | ki dub3 gam-ma-ka# [...] | |
| 6' | tukumbi [...] | |
| 7' | im pa muszen-[na ...] | |
| 8' | ki dub3 gam-ma#-[...] | |
| 9' | lu2 kisal-la2#-[...] | |
| 10' | tusz-u3 IGI [...] | |
| 11' | tukumbi# [...] | |
| 12' | dur2-ru-un# [...] | |
| 13' | lu2# x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x x [...] | |
| 2' | szesz gal-e [...] | |
| 3' | im#!?-szu-ka-ne-ne-a-ka x [...] an#?-na x e#?-NE [...] | |
| 4' | umun2 ke3-da-ni x x x [...] al-du-un x [...] | |
| 5' | lu2 tag-tag-ge-da-ke4#? x [...] sahar SZESZ ab-DU x [...] | |
| 6' | lu2 bur2-ra-bi# al-DU-x [...] im-ma# bi2-in-x-[...] | |
| 7' | dumu e2#?-dub#!?-ba#?-a#?-ke4#? x [...] x x [...] | |
| 8' | x x-na [...] x [...] x [...] | |
| 9' | [...] x [...] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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