UET 6, 0473 (P346511)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0473 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346511 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| tablet 1' | ... like cream? ... |
| tablet 2' | My beloved ..., girlfriend ... I ... fruit/flower? ... |
| tablet 3' | ... to/for his girlfriend |
| tablet 4' | My ..., my beloved fruit/flower(?) ... does not come(?) towards ... |
| tablet 5' | ... come my beloved ..., let me/us(?) ... |
| tablet 6' | ..., I want to ...(?) I want to lie down |
| tablet 7' | ... my beloved, let ... |
| tablet 8' | My beautiful ... |
| tablet 9' | ... embraced(?), (saying?) “my sweet, ...” |
| tablet 10' | ... of a flower(?), honey ... bed |
| tablet 11' | ... opened/allotted(?) ... that of his/her heart |
| tablet 12' | ... good/beautiful ... in/on my hand |
| tablet 13' | ... in/on my feet |
| tablet 14' | ... dripped ... like sweet honey on my lips |
| tablet 15' | ... his/her beloved ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| tablet | ||
| 1' | [...] x x ri#? [...] x UD gara2?-gin7 x [...] | |
| 2' | [... ki]-ig-ga-ag2-gu10 ma-la#-[ga ...] me-e gi-rin#? [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ma-la-ga-ni-ir x [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x-gu10 gi#-rin#!? ki-ig-ga-ag2-gu10 x [...] nu-um-szi-DU-x-[...] | |
| 5' | [...] ki-ig-ga-ag2-gu10 ga2-nu da#?-[...] | |
| 6' | [...] x ga#?-ab#?-x-na#? ga-am3-nu2? | |
| 7' | [... ki-ig]-ga-ag2-gu10 sa2?-sa2? da-mu-x | |
| 8' | [...] sa6#?-ga-gu10 x AN x im?-ma?-ni-x | |
| 9' | [...] mu#?-ni-in-la2#? ze2-ba-gu10 ga2? x x | |
| 10' | [...] gi#?-rin?-na# lal3?-e? x x x mu-nu2#?-a? | |
| 11' | [...] x nig2 sza3-ga-na mu-ni-in-ba | |
| 12' | [...] x sa6 szu-ga2 im-ma-ni-in-x | |
| 13' | [...] x du3-du3 me-ri-ga2 im-ma-ni-in-x | |
| 14' | [...] x# lal3 ku7-ku7-da-gin7 nundum-ga2 im-<ma>-ni-in-sur? | |
| 15' | [...] ki?-ag2?-ga2-ni gur? 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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