UET 6, 0209 (P346294)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0209 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346294 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Wisdom or proverb |
| 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 prison is a thicket |
| obverse 2 | The king is a lion |
| obverse 3 | Ninegal (variant to Nungal) is a šušgal net |
| obverse 4 | Covering the young men |
| obverse 5 | ... the vulva ... |
| obverse 7 | ... chased ... |
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 | [...] tir#-ra | |
| 2 | [...] ur#-mah-e | |
| 3 | [{d}nin]-e2-gal sa-[szu2]-usz#-gal# | |
| 4 | gurusz#-e dul-[...] | |
| 5 | [...] gal4#-la ba#?-[...] | |
| 6 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 7 | [...]-un-sar-sar | |
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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