CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 012 (P346271)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346271 |
| 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 col 1' 1' | Rushes were rising for me, rushes were growing for me |
| obverse col 1' 2' | A reed planted alone was shaking its head at me |
| obverse col 1' 3' | Several reeds planted (together) split apart for me |
| obverse col 1' 4' | In the forest, a tree has raised itself for me (as high) as heaven |
| obverse col 2' 1' | My brother, your dream is not good, one should not interpret it |
| obverse col 2' 2' | Rushes were rising for you(?), rushes were growing for you |
| obverse col 2' 3' | (It symbolizes) a robber raising his head for you in/from an ambush |
| obverse col 2' 4' | A reed planted alone shaking its head for you(?) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1' | ||
| 1' | [...]-zi [...]-mu2#-mu2 | |
| 2' | [...]-e [...]-ge | |
| 3' | [...]-e [...]-de6 | |
| 4' | [...] an-gin7# [...] | |
| obverse col 2' | ||
| 1' | [...] nu#-[...] na-ba-ab#-[...] | |
| 2' | {u2}numun2 ma#-[...] {u2}numun2 ma#-ra#-[...] | |
| 3' | sa-gaz KASKAL-x sag# mu-ra-an-zi-zi | |
| 4' | gi# dili du3-e [...] | |
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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