CDLI Literary 000335, ex. 050 (P346454)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000335, ex. 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346454 |
| 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' | Built his temple (with) the combination of(?) silver and lapis |
| obverse 2' | The silver and lapis was something of glowing sunlight |
| obverse 3' | He made(?) rosette/star decorations(?) in what was shrine Abzu |
| obverse 4' | In the pure cultic space/crown(?) that was artfully crafted/furnished with stairs(?), coming out from the Abzu |
| obverse 5' | ... served lord Nudimmud |
| obverse 6' | He built the temple in silver, he made it colorful with lapis |
| obverse 7' | He adorned it(!?) greatly in gold |
| obverse 8' | In Eridu he built the temple on the riverbank |
| obverse 9' | Its brickwork speaks words and gives advice |
| obverse 10' | Its reed layers within the brick bellowed like a bull |
| obverse 11' | The temple of Enki is to shout nobly |
| obverse 12' | The temple brought praise at(?) night for the king while presenting it sweetly/bending its knee (to him)(?) |
| obverse 13' | For Enki, the vizier Isimud was ... |
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' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] za#-gin3 u4 kar2#-[...] | |
| 3' | [...] abzu#-am3 ul am3# x-[...] | |
| 4' | [...] ku3# galam du11-ga abzu-ta e3#-[...] | |
| 5' | [...] {d}nu-dim2-mud-ra mu-un-na-[...] | |
| 6' | [...] ku3#-ga i-ni-in-du3 {na4}za-gin3-na# [...] | |
| 7' | [...]-le#-esz ku3-si2-ga szu tesz2-bi ba#?-[...] | |
| 8' | [...]-ga e2# gu2-a bi2-in-[...] | |
| 9' | [...]-bi# inim du11-du11 ad gi4#-[...] | |
| 10' | [...]-bi gu4-gin7 murum i-im#?-[...] | |
| 11' | [...]-ke4#? gu3 nun [...] | |
| 12' | [...]-ir# ge6 ri im-ma#-[...] du10#-bi mu-un#-[...] | |
| 13' | [...] sukkal# {d}|SIG7#?.X.X| [...] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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