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CDLI Literary 000561, ex. 006 (P346264)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000561, ex. 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346264 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary letter and letter-prayer |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [lugal]-gu10#-ra u3-na-a#-[du11] | I will speak to my king |
| 2 | masz2# hur-sag-ga2 a2 sa6-sa6-[...] | The kid(?) of the mountain range(?), the one with beautiful limbs(?) |
| 3 | sisix(|ANSZE.KUR|) hur-sag-ga2 umbin u11-ri2-in-x-[...] | He ... the horns of the mountain horses |
| 4 | {gesz}geszimmar ki sikil-e mu2-a zu2-lum za-gin3 la2#-[...] | The date palm growing in a pure place ... dates and lapis lazuli |
| 5 | u3-ne-de3-tah | he will remove it. |
| 6 | {disz}a-ba-nam-da-sa2 ugula aga-us2 zu2-kesz2 | Aba-namda-sa, foreman of soldiers, |
| 9 | ARAD2-zu na-ab-be2-a | “Do not speak to your servant! |
| 10 | kal-ga me-en aga-us2-zu he2-me-en | You are strong, you are your soldier. |
| 11 | ma2# gub-ba {gesz}gisal mu-un-si-ge | The boat stationed, he set up the poplar |
| 12 | [...] sze mu-un-si-ge | ... he poured out the barley |
| 13 | [...] x-ga2# mu-un-zalag-ge | ... brightens my ... |
| 14 | [...] x x im-ma-ak-en | ... I do |
| 15 | [...]-ga2 mu#-un#-du3-u3-nam mu-dur7#-re im-gurum-e | He built/built(?) my temple, he made me dwell(?) there(?) |
| 16 | [...]-ga2# lu2# mu#-un#-da-la2-a szu-gu10 esz2 im-ma-an-la2 | In my ..., a man stretched out his hand, he stretched out a rope |
| 17 | [...] tug2# dan6#?-na mi#?-ni-mur10-ra [tug2] mu-dur7-ra ba-an-mur10 | She adorned her body with a clean garment, she dressed herself in a comfortable garment |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lag-e a mi-ni-in-tu5-x#? sahar igi-ga2 ba-e-gub | The lamentation singer ... water, you set the dust in front of me |
| 2 | ur-re adda ib2-gu7 gaba-bi ib2-zix(GAB)-zix(GAB) | The dog eats the adda-flour, its breast rises. |
| 3 | uszumgal-e sag gesz ib2-ra-ra ka da13-da13 ib2-tak4 | (Sum) The dragon, whose head was cut off by a tree, opened his mouth to speak(?) |
| 4 | gesz-gi izi ub-gu7-a a-nigin2 i3-da13-da13 | The reedbed that burns with fire is surrounded by a flood. |
| 5 | {d}utu i3 un-gu7 gar9 un-gu7 {gesz}banszur ukur3-ra-sze3 szu-ni ib2-szi-in-tum3 | Utu ate oil, ate cheese, and brought his hand to the table of the ukur. |
| 6 | ga2-e me-en-na-a sza3 {d}szul-gi lugal-gu10 ki-bi ha-ma-gi4-gi4 | I, you, may the heart of Šulgi, my king, be restored for me. |
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
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