CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 008 (P346282)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346282 |
| 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 | Evil mouth, unsuitable |
| obverse 2 | I want to destroy her heart/womb(?), I want to squeeze it out (from) her mouth(!?) |
| obverse 3 | I want to destroy (her) heart/womb(?) like(?) broken-up silver, (so?) that which has been taken is not ... |
| obverse 4 | Like your mouth, like your vagina |
| obverse 5 | (One who says) “I want to engage in double talk(!?), I want to repeat it"(?) |
| obverse 6 | Pouring(?) butter, pouring(?) milk/cream |
| obverse 7 | Bringing attention to(?) ... |
| obverse 8 | The donkey (who) is a widow |
| obverse 9 | Daughter(?) of a “headless man” (i.e., idiot?) |
| obverse 10 | Her vagina is not honored(?) |
| obverse 11 | Her vagina lying down for the “task” is uncovered |
| obverse 12 | Her vagina is not “bound” |
| obverse 13 | ... does not come out |
| obverse 14 | ... together |
| reverse 2 | Your door/gate, like the ... door/gate, is tied up(?) |
| reverse 3 | The crier/caller(?) does not ... |
| reverse 5 | One who(?) forgot “that of the long hair/comb(!?)"(?) |
| reverse 6 | In the winter, for three months |
| reverse 7 | Is abandoned(?) |
| reverse 8 | The tiny vagina |
| reverse 9 | ... laying down in order to work(?) <does not rejoice>(?) |
| reverse 10 | ... does not come out together(?) |
| reverse 11 | ... together(?) |
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 | [...]-x-am3 | |
| 2 | [...]-sur | |
| 3 | [...] ga#?-hul nig2 szu ti-a nu-szesz2? | |
| 4 | ka#-zu#-gin7# gal4-zu-gin7 | |
| 5 | nig2? im du min ga-ab-du11 min ga-ra-tah# | |
| 6 | [...] de2-de2-e ga de2-de2-e | |
| 7 | [x] x-e pa3-da | |
| 8 | ansze# nu-mu-un-kusz3!-am3 | |
| 9 | [...]-munus#? lu2 sag-da? nu-tuku | |
| 10 | [...] x nu-dugud-de3 | |
| 11 | [...] nu2#?-da nu-dul-dul | |
| 12 | [...] x nu-kesz2 | |
| 13 | [...]-bi#? nu-e3 | |
| 14 | [...]-BI#!?-ni tesz2-bi#? | |
| 15 | [...] RU [...] | |
| 16 | [...] NE [...] | |
| 17 | [...] x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | BI x [...] | |
| 2 | ka2-zu [...] | |
| 3 | lu2 gu3 [...] | |
| 4 | lu2 nig2 siki#? [...] | |
| 5 | [...] | |
| 6 | en#?-te-na#? iti#? [...] | |
| 7 | al#?-tak4-[...] | |
| 8 | gal4#-la tur-tur-[...] | |
| 9 | [...] ki-in-da nu2 | |
| 10 | [...] tesz2#?-bi#? nu-e3 | |
| 11 | [...] x-BI-ni tesz2-bi | |
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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