CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 062 (P346387)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 062 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346387 |
| 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 col 1' 2' | ... like ... |
| obverse col 1' 4' | ... good ... |
| obverse col 2' 3' | Does not have ... |
| obverse col 2' 4' | With(?) a destructive ... whip(?) |
| obverse col 2' 5' | He struck |
| obverse col 2' 6' | My god, where(?) are you going(?)/how will you(?) succeed? |
| obverse col 3' 2' | Food(?) eaten by a mongoose |
| obverse col 3' 3' | Food(?) eaten by a stranger |
| obverse col 3' 5' | (To have both) wealth and desire (for more) is a taboo of (one's) god |
| obverse col 3' 7' | In order to sustain deafness/obstinancy, (it is) upon/against you |
| obverse col 3' 9' | My son, the unfit scribe(?) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1' | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-gin7#? ba-an#-[...] | |
| 3' | [...] x na-an-na-x | |
| 4' | [...] sa6#-ga-bi-[...] | |
| 5' | [...] bi2#-ib-RU-x | |
| 6' | [...] im#-ma-an-[...] | |
| 7' | [...] im#-ma-x-[...] | |
| 8' | [...] x im-ma#-x | |
| obverse col 2' | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x | |
| 3' | [...] x gal2 nu-tuku#? | |
| 4' | {kusz#?}usan3#? x hul#? x | |
| 5' | bi2#-in-sag3 | |
| 6' | dingir-gu10 me-am3-sze3 DU | |
| 7' | [...] x [...] x lu#? | |
| obverse col 3' | ||
| 1' | [...]-x-SAL-[...] | |
| 2' | ninda#? {d#}nin-ka5 [...] | |
| 3' | ninda kur2 gu7#?-gu7#? | |
| 4' | nig2-tuku nig2-al-di | |
| 5' | nig2-gig dingir-ra-kam | |
| 6' | u2 hub2 ti-la-sze3# | |
| 7' | ugu-zu-sze3#? | |
| 8' | dumu-gu10 dub-sar-x | |
| 9' | nu-gar-ra | |
| 10' | [...] x-zu#? | |
| 11' | [...] x 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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