UET 6, 0469 (P346507)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0469 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346507 |
| 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 4' | ... does not rejoice |
| obverse 5' | ... where the siskur prayer/offering/ritual ... is not known, where rejoicing ... is not known |
| obverse 6' | My ..., my limbs |
| obverse 7' | not bathed, not anointed in oil |
| obverse 8' | ... my scratched up(?) limbs |
| obverse 9' | I want to say ..., I want to say “Alas, my birth mother” |
| reverse 1 | I want to say ..., I want to say alas, sister(!) mother(!?) Geštinanna(?) |
| reverse 2 | I want to say ... my distress, it is unceasing(?) |
| reverse 3 | It is ... that ... (pl.) decreed(?) |
| reverse 4 | ... bore me/you |
| reverse 5 | Who took away from(?) my ...? |
| reverse 6 | Who took away from(?) my ...? |
| reverse 7 | Who took away from(?) my ...? |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] x | |
| 3' | [...] x x x [...] x x-en | |
| 4' | [...] x-na IGI#? x x nu-hul2-e | |
| 5' | [...] siskur2# DU nu-zu ki sza3 hul2 DU nu-zu | |
| 6' | [...]-gu10 a gesz-ge-ge-na-gu10 | |
| 7' | [... nu]-tu5#-tu5# i3 nu#-szesz4-szesz4 | |
| 8' | [... gesz]-ge#-ge#-na-gu10 x? hur-hur | |
| 9' | [... ga-am]-du11# a ama ugu-gu10# ga-am3-du11 | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] a# nin ama5#? {d#}gesztin?-an#-na ga#-am3#-du11 | |
| 2 | [...] sza3 sag3-ga-gu10 ga-am3-du11 nu-til | |
| 3 | [...] x-e-ne mu-un-tar-re-esz-am3# | |
| 4 | [...] mi-ni-in-tu-de3-en# | |
| 5 | [...] a#-ba# mu-un-DU | |
| 6 | [...] x-gu10-ta#? a-ba mu-un-DU | |
| 7 | [...]-ta#? a-ba mu-un-DU# | |
| 8 | [...] x-e | |
| 9 | [...] 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
- 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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