UET 6, 0470 (P346508)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0470 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346508 |
| 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' | ... where the siskur prayer/offering/ritual ... is not known, where rejoicing ... is not known |
| obverse 3' | ... a place unsuitable for a rejoicing heart |
| obverse 4' | ... alas, my ..., alas, myself, alas, my limbs |
| obverse 5' | My ... not bathed, not anointed in oil |
| obverse 6' | ... alas, my ..., alas, my beautiful/scratched(?) limbs |
| obverse 7' | ... my beautiful features ... |
| obverse 8' | I want to say ..., I want to say “Alas, my birth mother” |
| obverse 9' | I want to say ..., I want to say alas, sister, mother(?) Geštinanna(?) |
| obverse 10' | I want to say ... my distress, it is unceasing(?) |
| obverse 11' | It is ... that ... (pl.) decreed(?) |
| obverse 12' | ... bore me/you |
| obverse 13' | Who took away from(?) my ...? |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ki#? siskur2 DU nu#-[...] | |
| 3' | [...] ki sza3 hul2-la nu-tum2 | |
| 4' | [...]-gu10 a ni2-gu10 a gesz-ge-ge-na-gu10# | |
| 5' | [...]-gu10 a nu-tu5-tux(NAGA) i3 nu-szesz4# | |
| 6' | [...] x-gu10 a gesz-ge-na-gu10 HI-HI#? | |
| 7' | [...] uludin2# sa6-ga-gu10 x [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ga#-am3-du11 a ama ugu#-[...]-x-x | |
| 9' | [... ga]-am3#-du11 a nin9 ama5#? [...]-na# ga-am3-du11# | |
| 10' | [...] til#? sza3 sag3-ga-gu10 [ga]-am3#-du11 nu-til#? | |
| 11' | [...] x-e-ne mu-un-x-esz-am3#? | |
| 12' | [...]-ni#-in-tu-u4-de3#?-en | |
| 13' | [...]-ba#? mu-un-DU | |
| 14' | [...] x 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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