UET 6, 0386 (P346430)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0386 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346430 |
| 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 3 | I am a female worker, and you are(?) the mistress who (I) have no authority over |
| obverse 7 | I am a female worker, who is not superior over my mistress |
| reverse 2 | Come, I shall “pluck” my husband (instead) |
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 | gi4-in-{+men3}ge26-en | |
| 2 | ga-sza-an-men3 | |
| 3 | sze-er nu-u3-mu-un-na-ma-al | |
| 4 | mu-u4-na-gu10 | |
| 5 | ga-an-ze2 e-sze | |
| 6 | a-ma-ku-u2-ma a-na be-el-ti-ia | |
| 7 | u2-la e-te-el-li-ku | |
| 8 | lu-ul-li-ik | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ha-wi-ri | |
| 2 | lu-ub!-qu2-ma-am | |
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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