CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 042 (P346466)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346466 |
| 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 2' | She (Ninšubur) scratched her face, she scratched her nose |
| obverse 3' | She took a single path to the Ekur, the temple of Enlil |
| obverse 4' | She entered the Ekur, the temple of Enlil |
| obverse 5' | She was weeping before Enlil |
| obverse 6' | No one should be allowed to mix your good quality silver with the unrefined ore of the mountain |
| obverse 7' | No one should be allowed to split apart your good quality lapis lazuli among the beads of the gem cutter |
| obverse 8' | No one should be allowed to split apart your boxwood among the wood of the carpenter |
| obverse 9' | No one should be allowed to kill young woman Inanna in the netherworld |
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 [...] | |
| 2' | [...] giri17-[...] | |
| 3' | [...] giri3-ni#? [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ba#-da-an#-[...] | |
| 5' | [...] er2# im-ma-[...] | |
| 6' | [...]-ra#?-ke4 nam-ba-da-an#-[...] | |
| 7' | [...] nam-ba-da-[an-...] | |
| 8' | [...] nam-ba-da-[an-...] | |
| 9' | [...] nam-ba-da-[an-...] | |
| 10' | [...] x [...] | |
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
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