UET 6, 0310 (P346365)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0310 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346365 |
| 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 | Intelligence, wisdom, ... |
| obverse 2 | ... humanity ... |
| obverse 3 | ... should not perfect |
| obverse 4 | The witness should not .../... should not ... testimony(?) |
| obverse 5 | ... smite like the head of an enemy(?) |
| obverse 6 | A “slippery place"(?) ... |
| obverse 7 | ... the site of a god/shrine(?) |
| obverse 8 | And therefore/May(?) your word(?) ... to your mouth(?) |
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 | gesztu2 ku3-zu gesztu2#-[...] | |
| 2 | KA TUG2 nam-lu2-lu7#-[...] | |
| 3 | szu na-ba-an-du7-[...] | |
| 4 | ki-inim-ma-ke4 nam-ba#-[...] | |
| 5 | sag nu-erim2-gin7 gesz [...] | |
| 6 | ki-ma-an-ze2-er KA [...] | |
| 7 | ki dingir-ra-ke4 ba-an-x-[...] | |
| 8 | inim-zu ka-sze3 hu-mu-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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