CDLI Literary 000325 OB Catalogue from Ur 3 (P346281)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000325 OB Catalogue from Ur 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346281 |
| 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 | The great Ki’ur temple/foundation man (its) aura manifest(?). |
| obverse 2 | True/risen(?) light rays, ... (unidentified incipit) |
| obverse 3 | Hero, possessor of strength. |
| obverse 4 | Speaker/performer, speaker/performer. |
| obverse 5 | ..., my Baba (unidentified incipit) |
| obverse 6 | Lord, you bellow/your princely voice(?) (unidentified incipit) |
| obverse 7 | Hero bellowing joyfully(?) in/with abundance. |
| obverse 8 | Hero, lord(!?), furious storm (unidentified incipit) |
| obverse 9 | Hero, I .... (unidentified incipit) |
| obverse 10 | Lord of all the pure me’s/Lord who ... all the pure me’s (unidentified incipit) |
| obverse 11 | Hero, authoritative lord, prince ... (unidentified incipit) |
| obverse 12 | ... (unidentified incipit) |
| obverse 13 | ... (unidentified incipit) |
| reverse 1' | ... blooming reed(?) (unidentified incipit) |
| reverse 2' | ... (unidentified incipit) |
| reverse 3' | ... (unidentified incipit) |
| reverse 4' | ... (unidentified incipit) |
| reverse 5' | For(?) Ur-Lamma, the lamma (statue) from/at the platform .... |
| reverse 6' | An and Antum (a godlist?) |
| reverse 7' | Without (our?) mother. |
| reverse 8' | Various kinds of (other?) tablets |
| reverse 9' | Tablet(s?) (containing lines beginning with Akkadian) “if” (i.e., Akkadian omen tablets?) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | ki#?-ur3#!? gal-e ni2#? [...] | |
| 2 | sze-er-zi ZI IM x | |
| 3 | ur-sag a2 gal2 | |
| 4 | lu2# di <<lu2>> lu2 di | |
| 5 | ga2-am3 {d}ba-ba6-gu10 | |
| 6 | en gu3 nun-zu? | |
| 7 | ur-sag nam-he2-a | |
| 8 | ur-sag enx(BURU14) u4 husz | |
| 9 | ur-sag ga2-e | |
| 10 | en me ku3-ku3-ga | |
| 11 | ur-sag# en nir-gal2 nun UD x x | |
| 12 | [...] x x-ma | |
| 13 | [...] RI#? | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] gi#? gurun#-na#? | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x SAR? im-me#? | |
| 4' | x x x gal | |
| 5' | ur-{d}lamma | |
| 6' | an u3 an-tum# | |
| 7' | ama-da# nu-me-a | |
| 8' | dub# hi-a | |
| 9' | dub _szum-ma_ | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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