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UET 6, 0199 (P346284)

Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

English translation

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Line	English
obverse 1	When the goose, who was one/alone
obverse 2	Standing in the ... of the fowler
obverse 3	The raven
obverse 4	Was standing, you are on the parapet(!?) of the temple/house(?!)
obverse 5	(And said) “when you were high-(ranging?), when you were wide(-ranging?)
obverse 6	Why(?) do you (now) stand (here)?”
obverse 7	(The Goose said) “Your net was laid down for me
obverse 8	(The fowler) is the one who set down your seed for me
obverse 9	Your net holds me(?) to your benefit (i.e., instead of you)”
obverse 10	(The raven said(?)) “(But) why(?) have you(?) not uprooted your net?
obverse 11	(Why) can't you(?) fly away?” he said
obverse 12	“The snare has taken hold (of me)(?)
obverse 13	(and thus) I cannot fly away” he said
obverse 15	The goose spoke to the raven
obverse 16	... and you (are?) upon me
obverse 17	May/thus you(?) seize/pass towards my ...
reverse 1	The raven answered the goose
reverse 2	Your cast net(?), your ... net
reverse 3	... (am I?) below you, (or am I) above you?(?)
reverse 4	... (am I?) above you, (or am I) below you?(?)
reverse 5	The spouse of the fowler was listening(!?)
reverse 7	... had ... there
reverse 8	... put ...
reverse 9	Your net was laid out
reverse 10	... placed your seed
reverse 11	And thus you net catches for him
reverse 13	The goose spoke to the raven
reverse 15	... (am I?) below you, (or am I) above you?(?)
reverse 16	... below you
reverse 19	... your net ...
reverse 20	... did not know

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse
1	[... kur-gi4]{muszen} 1(disz)-am3
2	x muszen#-du3-ka i3-gub-bu
3	uga#{muszen}
4	bad3#?-AB-si e2?-me-en i3-gub
5	sukud#-da-zu-ne dagal-la-zu-ne
6	a#-na#-am3 i3-im-gub-en i3-sze3
7	sa-zu ma-nu2-ma
8	sze-numun-zu ma-an-gar-ra-ma
9	sa-zu mu-ra-an-dab-be2
10	a-na-am3 sa-zu# la-ba-ra-an-bur12
11	la-ba-da-dal-dal sze3
12	gesz-bur2 im-ma-an-dab
13	la-ba-da-dal-dal esz2
14	kur#-gi4{muszen} uga{muszen}-ra
15	[gu3] mu#-un-na-de2-e
16	[...]-zu#? u3 za-e ugu-gu10-usz
17	[...]-gu10-sze3 he2-dab-be2 i3-sze3
18	uga#{muszen} kur-gi4{muszen#?}-<ra>
reverse
1	[...]-ni-ib-gi4-gi4
2	[...] nu2#-zu sa ba-bar-ra-zu?-zu
3	[...] ki#!-ta-zu ga2-e im-ta-zu
4	[...] im-ta-zu x ki-ta-zu
5	dam# muszen#-du3-kam! gesz-gan# mi-ni-in-tuku-tuku
6	u3-zu gu? mu-da-KA
7	NIG2 ba-ni-in-gal2
8	na-zi ba-an-gar
9	sa-zu i3-nu2-ma
10	sze-numun-zu ba-an-gar-ma
11	sa#-zu mu#-na-dab-be2 i3-sze3
12	kur#-gi4#{muszen} uga#{muszen}-ra
13	gu3# mu#-na#-de2#-e
14	x [...] x-am3
15	[...] ga2#-e im-ta-zu#
16	[...] x x ki#-ta#-zu
17	[...] x x x
18	x x-e#?-ne#?-ke4
19	x sa#-zu NIG2 x gu7-x
20	[...] x nu-um-zu#?

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