CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 018 (P346310)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346310 |
| 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 | A dog going to a banquet |
| obverse 2 | saw a bone and stopped(?): |
| obverse 3 | "Where I go, |
| obverse 4 | more of this(?) |
| obverse 5 | I will eat” he said. |
| reverse 1 | The “inheritance share"(?) of a dog: |
| reverse 2 | bones are selected. |
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-gir15-re kasz-de2-a-sze3 al-du-un | |
| 2 | giri3-pad-ra2 igi mu-ni-in-duh ba-gub | |
| 3 | ki al-du-na-am3 | |
| 4 | diri ne-en-na#-am3 | |
| 5 | al-gu7-[...] e#-sze# | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | hal#-la ur-gir15#-ra#-ka | |
| 2 | giri3-pad-ra2 al-de5-de5-ga | |
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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