UET 6, 0342 (P346390)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0342 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346390 |
| 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 | The sinew is clay, the sinew is reed |
| obverse 2 | The name does not abandon the name “clay” |
| obverse 3 | The name does not abandon the name “reed” |
| obverse 4 | Solution: the bellows |
| obverse 5 | It seizes, ... three |
| obverse 6 | Releasing, ... six |
| obverse 7 | Solution: the double dur axe |
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 | sa im-ma sa gi-am3 | |
| 2 | mu ri mu im-ma nu-szub | |
| 3 | mu gi-am3 nu-szub | |
| 4 | ki-bur2-bi gibun2 | |
| 5 | ba-an-dab5#-am3 esz3 in-[...] | |
| 6 | szu bar-ra-am3 asz3 in-x | |
| 7 | ki-bur2-bi {uruda}dur10-tab-ba | |
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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