CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 008 (P346316)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346316 |
| 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 | A “mouse of the roof beam” fell (from?) a roof beam |
| obverse 2 | A mongoose approached it |
| obverse 3 | "Everything of yours has been destroyed” |
| obverse 4 | (The rodent replied) “You did not approach” |
| obverse 5 | I compare with everything of yours” |
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 | pesz2-{gesz}guszur-ra {gesz}guszur-ra mu-szub!? | |
| 2 | {d}nin-ka6 mu-un-na-te | |
| 3 | nig2-na-me-zu ab-hul | |
| 4 | za-e# la-ba-<<an>>-e-te | |
| 5 | nig2-na-me-zu al-sa2-en 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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