CDLI Literary 000621, ex. 004 (P346328)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000621, ex. 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346328 |
| 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 | If a man is without a personal god |
| obverse 3 | You will neither be increased nor diminished |
| obverse 4 | (While) passing through the water(?) in the river, a fish has not passed by(?) |
| obverse 5 | (While) passing through his field, a gazelle has not passed by(?) |
| obverse 6 | The ritual arrangement(?) has not occurred regularly(?) |
| obverse 7 | Great judgments(?) have not occurred regularly |
| obverse 8 | If “that of his god” is approval(?) |
| obverse 9 | Anything that is named is given approval(?) |
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 | lu2-lux(URU) dingir-da nu-me-a | |
| 2 | u2 la-ba-gu-le-en | |
| 3 | u2 la-ba-tur-en | |
| 4 | i7-da a dab!-be2 ku6 nu-um#?-dab | |
| 5 | a-sza3-ga-ni dab-be2 masz-da3# nu-um#?-dab | |
| 6 | di-ir!-ga sa2 nu-ub-du# | |
| 7 | di gal-gal-la sa2 nu-ub-du# | |
| 8 | tukumbi nig2 dingir-ra-ni a#?-na#?-[...] | |
| 9 | nig2# mu# [...] a#?-na#? x [...] | |
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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