UET 6, 0315 (P346368)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0315 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346368 |
| 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 donkey (was) floating (downstream) in the river |
| obverse 2 | A dog was ahead of him(?) on dry land |
| obverse 3 | (Saying) “My birth father, where are you going? |
| obverse 4 | ... I shall weep upon you/on your behalf(?)/My ... come near(?) that I may cast my eye upon you(?)” |
| obverse 5 | In a house of many young men |
| obverse 6 | ... the hoe and the carrying basket(?) |
| reverse 1 | "Run!"(?) ... |
| reverse 2 | The king ... |
| reverse 3 | Because of the silver |
| reverse 4 | Because of the gold |
| reverse 5 | Because of the cauldron(?) |
| reverse 6 | Because of the ewer |
| reverse 7 | I am to be finished |
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 | ansze# i7!-da diri-ga | |
| 2 | ur-gir15 bar-rim4-ma igi DU-e-x | |
| 3 | [a]-a ugu-gu10 me-sze3 al-du-un# | |
| 4 | x MU te er2-gu10 ugu-zu ga-pa3#? | |
| 5 | e2 gurusz gal-gal-e#-ne-ka# | |
| 6 | {gesz}al#? [...] x-ra?-an-NE#? | |
| 7 | ak#?-x [...]-x | |
| 8 | PA# li#?-[...] | |
| 9' | UD UR#? [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | DU#? x [...] | |
| 2 | lugal-[...] | |
| 3 | ku3-ga-ke4#-[esz] | |
| 4 | ku3-sig17-ga-ke4#-[esz] | |
| 5 | {uruda}szen-na-ke4-esz | |
| 6 | {uruda}szen-dili2-na-ke4-esz | |
| 7 | ga2-e ba-til-de3-en | |
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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