CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 088 (P346403)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 088 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346403 |
| 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 | Give! Don't give! |
| obverse 2 | (Either way) he should not touch it |
| obverse 3 | The rites were pushed away/changed (lit. made to take another path) |
| obverse 4 | The me were forsaken |
| obverse 5 | The ritual arrangements were destroyed there(?) |
| obverse 6 | Do not (pl.) push away/change the rites |
| obverse 7 | Do not forsake the rites |
| obverse 8 | Do not (pl.) destroy the site of(?) the ritual arrangements |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | szum2-mu-na-ab na-<mu>-na-ab-szum2-mu# | |
| 2 | szu-ni na-an-tag | |
| 3 | garzaga-bi# lu giri3 ba-da-kur2# x-szu | |
| 4 | me-bi pa-ar-s,u-szu ba-da-ha-lam | |
| 5 | di-ir-ga-a ri-ik-su-szu ki ba-e-gul | |
| 6 | garza-bi giri3 na-ab-ta#-kur2-ru-de3-en-ze2#-[en] | |
| 7 | me-bi# la na-ab-ta#?-[...]-ha-lam-e | |
| 8 | di-ir-ga-a ri-ik-si2-szu ki# [...]-gul-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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