CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 012 (P346295)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346295 |
| 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 lion seized the she-goat in (its) weakness(?) |
| obverse 3 | (Who said) “Release (me), and I shall give my thick(er) companion ewe to you” |
| obverse 4 | (The lion said) “If I release you towards her(?), tell me your name” |
| obverse 6 | The she-goat was answering the lion “You have not known my name?” |
| obverse 7 | "I can be intelligent” (is) my name!” When (the lion) went to the pen |
| obverse 8 | He was shouting to her “my(?) ...” |
| obverse 9 | She was answering him from afar |
| obverse 10 | "I have been intelligent! Instead of sheep(?), nothing dwells (here)!” |
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 | ur-mah-e ud5 hu-na mu-ni-dab5 | |
| 2 | szu# ba-am3 u8 tab-ba-gu10 gur4-ra | |
| 3 | [ga]-mu-ra-ab-szum2 | |
| 4 | tukumbi# szu mu-un-szi-bar-re-en | |
| 5 | [...] du11-ma-ab ud5-e ur-mah-e | |
| 6 | [...]-ib-gi4-gi4 za-e mu-gu10 nu-zu | |
| 7 | [...]-ak# mu-gu10 u4 e2-tur3-ra-sze3 i3#-[...] | |
| 8 | [...]-na#?-gu10 gu3 mu-na-de2-e# | |
| 9 | [...] gu3#? ri-a mu-na-ni-ib-gi4#-[...] | |
| 10 | [...] udu# hi-a nu-dur2-ru-na e-[sze] | |
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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