UET 6, 0193 (P346278)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0193 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346278 |
| 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 6' | ... the flesh of an ox |
| obverse 7' | In ..., the day of the moon's disappearance |
| obverse 9' | In the month, on the seventh and 15th day, the reed shelter (for fumigating) sorcery |
| obverse 10' | Go around with a torch |
| obverse 11' | Sulfur, maštakal plant |
| obverse 12' | Wood of releas(ing ...) |
| obverse 13' | The šalālum reed, tamarisk, ... |
| obverse 14' | Date palm offshoot ... |
| obverse 15' | The pure ... |
| obverse 16' | [In order to release? the house of a man |
| reverse 1 | And to drive out the di'u disease? |
| reverse 2 | enuru incantation(?) |
| reverse 3 | The great river(?) ... |
| reverse 4 | The great river(?) ... |
| reverse 5 | The great watery deep? ... |
| reverse 6 | Below/from the earth ... |
| reverse 7 | In the vastness of(?) the sea, the wave is not subsiding |
| reverse 8 | In the vastness of(?) the sea, the flood wave is not touching (the shore?) |
| reverse 9 | The snake and scorpion(?) are not set(!?) in the distant(?) mountain(?) |
| reverse 10 | ... conveyed water, he conveyed water from the mountain |
| reverse 11 | The great(?) prince ... Enki conveyed water, he conveyed water from the mountain |
| reverse 12 | ... the large stone vessels were filled with water(?) for him |
| reverse 13 | After you mix together ... with the cream of the cow |
| reverse 14 | After you posit ... and(?) the incantation of Eridu |
| reverse 15 | After you ... the basket, after you ... the basket? |
| reverse 16 | ... shall be great/made great |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-x | |
| 2' | [...] x [...]-x | |
| 3' | [...] x [...]-x-x | |
| 4' | [...] SU#? [...]-x | |
| 5 | x-[...] x [...]-i-im | |
| 6' | x [...] x iyi#? x [...] uzu# al-pi-im | |
| 7' | i#?-na#? [...]-im [... bi]-ib#-bu-li-im | |
| 8' | i#-na# wa#-ar#-hi-im i-na se-bu-tim | |
| 9' | u3# u4 1(u) 5(disz)-dam ZI ir ki-isz-pi-i | |
| 10' | di-pa-ra-am sa3-ha-ra-am | |
| 11' | ki-ib-re-e-et am-ma-asz-ta-ka-al | |
| 12' | i-s,i pi-isz-ri-im | |
| 13' | qa2-an sza-la-la-am {gesz}szinig [...] | |
| 14' | {gesz}geszimmar-tur [...] | |
| 15' | x el#-lu-tum i-ba-a x [...] | |
| 16' | [...] e2# a-wi-lim pu-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...]-sze#?-s,i di-x-[...] | |
| 2 | tu#?-u2 en#-[...] | |
| 3 | iti#? mah2-e nam#? [...] | |
| 4 | iti mah2-e [...] | |
| 5 | engur? mah-e? AN#? [...] | |
| 6 | ki-ta [...] x [...] | |
| 7 | a-ab-ba ke4 nig2-dagal#!?-x-la#-ba i-zi nu#?-ga2#?-ga2 | |
| 8 | a-ab-ba ki nig2-dagal-la-ba ku4-kur nu-um-tag-ge | |
| 9 | musz3#? gir2#?-e kur-ra zu UD-ra nu-ga2-ga2 | |
| 10 | x x? e2 mu-un-de6 kur-ta e2 mu-un-de6 | |
| 11 | nun#? gal#? {d#}en#-ki#?-ke4 e2 mu-un-de6 kur-ta e2 mu-un-<DU> | |
| 12 | x x x-ma bur gal e2-a mu-un-na-si#?-ga-asz | |
| 13 | [...] x-ga ga-ar3-ra# ab#-szi#?-la#-ma sza3-ta u3-me-hi? | |
| 14 | [...] x nam-szub-ba iri#?-du10#-ga#{ki} u3-me-ze2 | |
| 15 | [{gi}]pisan u2-me-UR {gi#?}pisan#? u2-me-UR | |
| 16 | [...] x da?-ri di hu-mu-ni-mah | |
| 17 | [...] x x x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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