UET 6, 0349 (P346396)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0349 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346396 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Alster Proverbs of Ancient Sumer 322 | |
| tablet 1 | The goose says: |
| tablet 2 | ... the seven(?) turning(?) |
| tablet 3 | ... greatly ... |
| tablet 4 | My single path/foot(?), at nighttime |
| tablet 5 | You yourself go (on) |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| tablet | ||
| 1 | [kur]-gi4{muszen} na-ab-be2-a | |
| 2 | x-nam imin-e bala-e | |
| 3 | x gal-bi SZE3#?-a | |
| 4 | giri3# dili-gu10 ge6-u3-na-ka | |
| 5 | ni2-zu al-di-en e-[sze] | |
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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